[BigUmp56]

Originally Posted by lawump

I umpired in the minor leagues (not as a replacement, either). I wore black ball bags my entire minor league career. Being in the minors, that obviously meant I wore them with a navy pullover shirt.

As an aside, a brief viewing of the pictures at:

http://www.umpirepictures.com/

showed that some of the IL umpires last season wore a black ball bag with their navy shirt, and some wore blue.

Also, I was never deducted on any evaluation for wearing black ball bags.

Simply put, you are 100% incorrect in stating that black ball bags are innappropriate with a navy shirt. Quite the opposite, the black bag was the bag of choice for many MiLB umpires.

What is this signal used for? Is it to remind the PU he has the tag up of R3?





Tim.