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Originally posted by Elaine "Lady Blue"
Guys with the 2 stitch---
These hats in ASA have not been legal for years!! Our UIC would string us up if he caught us wearing one. Besides, they looked retarded!!! Give them up, wear a combo.
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Elaine:
Gee...no chance that anyone would ever call you opinionated or biased, is there?!
The 2 stitch plate cap is still quite legal in ASA, NFHS, USSSA and DSI. I don't know where you get your information from, but as was mentioned by another poster, while this may be a local rule it certainly doesn't hold true on the national level. It is hard to believe that one who is held to so much scrutiny as a fellow umpire, would hold those within their ranks to such harsh scrutiny by calling them "retarded" looking for simply wearing a part of the uniform that they are comfortable with and that is just as professional as "the combo."
I personally don't like the combo. I am not comfortable with it. Therefore, when I am behind the plate, I will wear the 2 stitch. I have called in several state tourneys and one national, and have never had this aspect of my uniform brought into question.
Join me now, all of you brother and sisters who are wearing the 2 stitch plate hat when you work a game: "We shall overcome, we shall overcome, we shall overcome sommmmmeeeee daaaaaaa aaaaaaayyyyy."
Scott (who is fighting injustice and plate hat snobbery wherever he encounters it) has spoken.
[Edited by Skahtboi on Feb 15th, 2002 at 08:58 PM]