[Dave Hensley]

Originally Posted by BigTex

Let me stand corrected. My research has shown that up until the 2006 season, the gray ball bags were acceptable with a blue shirt at the NCAA level. However, I have never worn gray, and cannot remember anyone at the NCAA level and above wearing them. I asked a question that was not answered....How many guys have you seen wearing gray bags at upper levels of the game? Dave says that Gray is acceptable at the MLB level, has anyone seen an umpire at the MLB level wearing gray (in the last 15 years)?

I said when navy shirts were being worn, gray ballbags were worn with them, and that includes MLB. Now, we all know that navy shirts are no longer worn by MLB umpires; they presently wear black or light blue shirts, and they wear black ballbags with both of those colors.

If varsity high school qualifies with you as an "upper level of the game," then I can attest that gray ballbags are still being worn, with navy shirts, at upper levels.

I still stand by my original statement that you should not wear black bags with a blue shirt, and vice-versa.

I don't disagree with that statement, but your original statement was much broader than that, setting out a comprehensive set of "rules" for what color ballbag to wear depending on what color shirt was being worn. I simply pointed out that your comprehensive rules excluded gray ballbags which are appropriately worn with navy shirts, irrespective of level.