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Originally Posted by jwwashburn
When I lived in Michigan, I remember the State ASA guys being very insistent on the hat with helmet issue. Then, we had the National School and some enormous guy from Maine was asked to blather about uniforms...someone asked about this issue and he said: PUT THE HAT IN YOUR BACK POCKET AND TAKE IT OUT AND WEAR IT BETWEEN INNINGS.... 
A very embarrassed state guy had to correct this a little later.
Joe in Missouri |
That was Norm Davis and he gave you the solution ASA issued when the helmet for umpires first surfaced. Then again, an umpire calling a game with a hat hanging out of his/her back pocket wouldn't give me the impression of a professional umpire.