WTF!?!!??!

Ever wonder why there are as many African American Major League Baseball players?

There are a myriad of reasons but how about an ump being in the KKK?

What's most shocking is the the "what does being the KKK have to do with being an umpire" line! Man, that takes brass ones to say that out loud...much less while someone is writing it down.

Go ask Milton Bradley and Charlie Hayes if Mike Winters could let racism affect his on field performance (and the performance of the entire San Diego Padres team who most likely would have beat the Rockies with Bradley in center and then maybe they go to the World Series.)

Being an ump is a really cool job. You get the best seat in the house for 162 games a year, and maybe playoffs. You get a nice six figure check. You get virtually all winter and most of the spring off. You get to travel and see virtually all the major cities in the country.

There are also some down sides. You're away from your family for extended periods of time. You get booed and heckled (from fans and players.) You have to toil away in the minors for years before making it up to the show (just like players.) But it's worth it because you're job is pretty sweet.

You're charged with maintaining the safety, integrity, and competitive balance of the game. This CAN NOT be done by a racist biggot. How can you fairly make a call when you have that strong of personal biases? You don't see judges in the KKK - your job rests on the idea of you being fair and impartial.

This could be 10x worse than the NBA gambling scandel, igniting racial fury (as Black History month is about to begin) could permantly scar the game.