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Kaliix Wrote:
"Invest in plate shoes when you are sure you are going to stick with it. You can buy shin guards that have extended metatarsal guards that will save you money the first year."
This is just plain bad advice my friend. The first year I umpired I thought the same thing. That was until I was hit on the front of my foot by a pitch fouled sraight back and down and broke 2 toes. The cost of the medical care alone was almost 4 times the price of a pair of plate shoes.
I now recommend to our new umpires that if they don't want to spend the money on a pair of good plate shoes, they should at the very least buy a workmans type tennis shoe with a steel toe. The cost is the same as a good training shoe, and the look is the same.
Tim.
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