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Originally Posted by ASA/NYSSOBLUE
Who here owns a set of these? I recently purchased them, and I must say it looks nice! It particularly looks good under the lights. Recently during the heat wave, my partner and I wore the combination of powder blue and grey, and it looked sharp as all heck! A couple of questions:
1) why did ASA introduce this? It is kind of odd that when MLB went to an option of powder blue shirts, ASA went to a dark navy option.
2) I was very surprised that ASA didn't have its umps wear the blue/gray at least ONCE during the World Cup - would have been a nice way to plug it!
3) Anybody think that it is going to be the standard uni of the future? in many, many ways the navy blue trousers are a relic of the past...they certainly are hotter than than the heather gray, plus one little bit of dust makes them look sloppy. A LOT of HS associations (not NY though) mandate the gray these days..not to mention all the people that work both softball and that 'other' game. I can see the navy trousers being phased out over the next 10 years or so....
...lights the match..waiting for the flames....  |
The only thing uglier than powder over gray is dark blue over navy. Gray of any type, heather or otherwise, are not forgiving in the least bit. Don't believe me, watch some of the televised games where gray is worn. Some sweat so much, it looks like they . . . . .well, you get the idea.
I love the "they're cooler" BS because that's all it is. You want cool, wear shorts. You want really cool, get off the dirt. The gray pants will gather and retain as much heat as the blue because that heat is rising from the ground, not the sun.
Even better was when umpires would argue the gray is cooler and then want to wear the dark blue shirts. Sort of defeats the argument, doesn't it?
Obviously, I'm a powder over navy person, but I can accept dark blue over heather gray for evening games.
And before anyone asks, yes, I've worn all combinations mentioned, except the dark over navy.