I hate the combo.........
I wear a 4 stitch for the plate.........
And a 8 stitch in the field.........
My Preference......
The prejudice for the 4 stitch over the 2 stitch came from my early days as a baseball umpire...(1979 to 1983).......in the local association that I called with (Junior Teenage and American Legion), the 2 stitch was frowned upon........I guess I have carried that prejudice into my softball umpiring.....
I have a couple of micro-mesh 8 stitch.......
I hope they will have them in 4 stitch this year.....
They are wonderful.......
I will still wear the wool in cool weather though....
Joel
http://www.eteamz.com/sites/gcbumpire
[Edited by Gulf Coast Blue on Feb 19th, 2002 at 04:02 PM]