11. While it may be admirable for the umpires to want to get in a game, to what extremes should teams have to go to accomplish that aim? 12. You travel to the next city by yourself because no other umpire wants to share a cab to the airport or board the same flight. 13. Drew Coble, the home plate umpire for the Indians-Orioles game, said the umpires simply wanted the Alomar matter resolved this season, not next. 14. The dissident umpires want Ron Shapiro, the agent for Cal Ripken, to negotiate their next contract instead of Phillips. 15. The umpires want to stop replacements from working games at the SkyDome, claiming the provincial law against replacement workers should apply to the American League. 16. Umpires wanted a more severe penalty and attempted to strike at the start of the playoffs. 17. Umpires wanted a more severe penalty, and attempted to strike at the start of the playoffs. 18. Alomar was suspended for five regular season games, but umpires wanted the penalty to include post-season play. 19. Australia, seconded by New Zealand, wanted up to two an over at the same batsman, while Test umpires wanted a toughening of the law. 20. The umpires want the suspension to include post-season games. |