Talk:1999 Major League Umpires Association mass resignation

A fact from 1999 Major League Umpires Association mass resignation appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 February 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that four months after a mass resignation, which caused a loss of 22 jobs, Major League Baseball umpires voted to form a new union?

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http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tM8NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wncDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5544,5056290&dq=umpire+resignation&hl=en
- In 1999 Major League Umpires Association mass resignation on 2011-05-25 06:41:20, 404 Not Found
- In 1999 Major League Umpires Association mass resignation on 2011-06-08 23:20:39, 404 Not Found

--JeffGBot (talk) 23:20, 8 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Went back on Google News and found a page from another newspaper that I used to swap out the dead link. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 18:18, 16 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]