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Originally posted by WindyCityBlue
No password needed, your the only Brian on their Roster.

Oh, that and the fact that you guys feel compelled to wear your numbers on your shirt sleeve, in violation of the IHSA uniform code.

Sometimes, this is too easy.

yes that is a violation, but i do not have numbers on any of my shirts (if that was directed at me). the 43 in my name is my number from playing baseball in college.

[Edited by brian43 on Jun 18th, 2004 at 02:36 PM]

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Originally posted by JRutledge

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Originally posted by WindyCityBlue
Why would you have an IHSA patch on a baseball umpire's shirt that has numbers?

1) You are too cheap to buy a second shirt for doing non-IHSA baseball.

2) You don't care how it looks.

3) Yu are trying to show up a partner that doesn't belong to your group.

There might be another reason or two, but when I see a guy walk on a high school field (in Illinois) with numbers, I laugh. And don't forget up until last year, the left sleeve had teh IHSA Official's insignis and the right sleeve had the Sportsmanship patch. Those who had numbers on their right sleeve should not be wondering why they did not get playoff assignments when they couldn't adhere to policy.

I cannot speak for everyone and I will not. But I did not see anyone wear numbers on a shirt, unless it was a college game. If I saw any numbers on the shirt during a HS game, it was not on a member of that organization. And one of those individuals got a Sectional this year.

But I forgot, you are all knowing. :rolleyes:

Peace

i saw several FVB members work games at Waubonsie Valley HS that had numbers on their sleeves. i saw this at the varsity, sophomore, and freshman levels because i have 3 brothers that go there, one at each level.

im still a proud FVB member and if some people wear numbers on their shirts, thats their deal.

[Edited by brian43 on Jun 18th, 2004 at 02:35 PM]

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Originally posted by brian43

i saw several FVB members work games at Waubonsie Valley HS that had numbers on their sleeves. i saw this at the varsity, sophomore, and freshman levels because i have 3 brothers that go there, one at each level.

I understand. I did not say that no one ever did it. I am just saying that I did not personally witness it. I have seen guys with the numbers that were not FVB members (guys in the city for example). I do not wear them either. I will not wear them during HS games. I just got a number and will only wear it during college games. But it is not like any one group has the license on wearing things they are not suppose to. I have seen guys not wear patches, wear the wrong color shirts or try to. I even worked with a guy that did not wear a regular shirt at all. He just wore a umpire undershirt that was blue. I have seen it all. There is a reason that some guys get respect and other guys do not. The way you look has a lot to do with that.

Peace

yeah i know what you mean. no matter what group you look at, theres going to be someone trying to avoid a policy and when someone sees that they try to tag the entire group.

is this ever going to end?

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Originally posted by brian43
yeah i know what you mean. no matter what group you look at, theres going to be someone trying to avoid a policy and when someone sees that they try to tag the entire group.

is this ever going to end?

Probably not. ;)

Peace

Uniform question

Cubbies87/Larry...
I just got back from watching some indcredible games at the CWS and saw your post -

Not to cause any more trouble, but which IHSA uniform code policy is being violated by wearing numbers as long as you have the IHSA patch displayed 2-3" below the left shoulder line?

IHSA OFFICIALS UNIFORM FOR BASEBALL. On your left sleeve you MUST have the IHSA Official patch - you are allowed to wear the patch denoting State Final Official under it if youve earned it. On the right sleeve you are allowed to wear the American flag (the one that looks backward, but is correct when displayed on the right). You are not required to wear the flag.

Along those lines, wouldn't wearing the two UMPS patches I was provided with on the left breast pocket also be a violation of IHSA uniform code?

NO - there is no requirement for what is on the pocket during regular seaosn contests.
However, for IHSA Championship Series Assignments (Playoffs), you are asked to wear an IHSA hat and no association patches. You will never see an association patch worn by one of the umpires at the State Finals.

However, I will be the first to admit that I'm new to both IHSA and UMPS and may not know the fine print of either.

Its okay and welcome to UMPS. The reason that the IHSA doesnt like numbers, is that there is no central registry and officials can and do work with colleagues from all over. I once worked with two guys that each wore the #5. They were from different organizations - one wore a red #5 and the other was white.
I was told that the crew working the Super-Sectional at DeKalb were wearing their IHSA shirts with their numbers on the right sleeve. The funniest part was that the IHSA Executive Assistant in charge of baseball was there along with another evaluator. Want to bet that they took notice?