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I saw a few innings of 5 different games from the playoffs of the Mexican Pacific League a week or two back, and I observed several weird things.
1. 6 man crew, and in 2 of the games, I observed U1 using an indicator. I'm not sure if all 6 guys were using indicators, or if it is always U1's job to keep one.
2. In 3 of the 4 games I saw, the umpires wore navy shirts with red and white trim (although the trim was very different than our shirts). All the games I saw were night games, and it must have been pretty chilly as some players in the dugouts were wearing jackets. Well the umpires did not wear jackets/coats, the PU remained in short sleeves, while the other umpires added black long sleeve shirts under their navy uniform tops. At first I thought the undershirts must be dark navy, but after seeing a few shots of the umpires close up, it was obvious that the sleeves were black. Also...I did observe the umpires wearing navy pullover jackets with R&W trim, I don't know why they would go with black sleeves when they could wear their pullovers.
3. In a few of the games, the PUs had their bicep protectors adjusted so low that they completly stuck out of the bottom of their short sleeve shirts. The bicep protectors were covering their elbows. And the bicep protectors were gray. I tried to figure out what protector they were wearing, and I came to the conclusion that they were the "cheap" gray West Vest (It could have been a gray K1, but it looked more like the WV). I found it very odd that this guy would skimp on his chest protector and not buy a top of the line model.
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