Equipment

[giuseppe]

can i say something? italians umpires use from the first year plate shoes, first of all for safety, and also for a good look. the shoes for all the umpires are ONLY black, i use +pos shoes, heavy but protective. we put much attention in our look, nobody use colored socks, like red or yellow. everybody have black or blue socks, like the shirt. first thing that teams watching in an umpire is uniform aspect. a good umpire take care of his equipment, also little particulars. better if you have more than one uniform, especially for double games or tournaments. i am umpire in a2 league in italy, teams have always double game, usually we are 2 umpires and have 1 game at home base and 1 game on base. so we neeed 2 uniforms, 'cause we have always, in the season, hot temperature and is necessary to change uniform at the end of the 1st game. sometimes we are designed for 2 games on saturday and 2 games on sunday, so we need minimun 4 uniforms. my first think in the day before umpiring, is for my equipments. remember, if managers don't know you, first impression of you is coming from your uniform. take care about .
p.s. excuse me for my bad english, lol.