the series and life's lottery

Watched the game last night 'til the 6th. I was astounded to hear the umpires' union had negotiated a deal that forbids umpires from working consecutive series. Regardless of how good an umpire is, he cannot be brought back for the series next year. These men are clearly Obama voters. Spreading the wealth. Not a surprise the umpiring has been the story of the series for the first time ever. There is a terrible, irrational quality in the thinking of these people; they believe in "life's lottery". It implies that all life is random; places, people and events can be exchanged. Likely this comes from reading a course syllabus on introductory science. Had they read a bit further they would start talking about Heisenberg. Certainly there are biases in life. There is a wonderful line about George Bush "who was born on third base and thought he hit a triple." But distinctions among people are more than silly vanities. Pujols has certain qualities of vision, coordination and power that differentiate him from me. That differentiate him from the leadoff hitter and the pitcher, too. I would never be able to compete with Jorden or Bettis or Crosby, regardless of my work ethic. Nor could I displace Steven Hawking, or even hold his attention for a minute. While I recognize these biases I do not recognize them as unfair. I would love to be a great athlete with lots of money and adoring fans but I do not feel that the fact that I am not is unfair. Nor do I think wealth is unfair. Wealth is one of the truly fair distinctions in life: somebody earned it. Crosby, Jorden, Sandy Koufax-none of those guys earned their distinctions although they certainly worked harder than any politician to develop them. (Larry Bird wasn't his high school team's best player, Jean Auel was not her writing group's best writer nor was Turow).
One of the reasons we watch the game is to see the distinctions play out. Giving a lousy umpire his chance is unfair, unfair to the better umpire who is being passed over, unfair to the hitter and the pitcher who have to accommodate to his erratic calls, unfair to the third baseman who must swallow the injustice, unfair to the fan who must put the game in the context of his errors and unfair to the game which makes demands on everyone else.
There is no error for the umpire.