My plate mechanics

[Tim C]

Dan you're gone!

Now make sure you tell us, "you don't care."

Regards,

[johnSandlin]

Tim,

1. I am not a ball licker. I have never met Jim Evans in my life, so I could not be a ball licker as you indicated. BTW, is this comment a little bit unprofessional and uncalled for?

2. I am not calling you a liar. I am merely saying before we go voicing our opinions about somebody such as Jim Evans or another Pro umpire, let us make sure we have our thoughts and facts straight. That is all I was saying. I did not hint nor call you a liar.

3. I do not walk in "lock step."

4. Happy New Year! and God Bless.

[Tim C]

Do me a favor . . . make sure you keep track of every major league crew rotation so none of us miss this important information.

Groupie!

I posted the truth and actually Dan I don't give a sh1t about what professional umpires do . . . you did question my quotes.

Oh yeah, I'm agnostic so the end of your post has no value too me.

Regards,

[DG]

I own 3 ball bags, all blue. I use two for a game and the 3rd is a backup, an older bag I just haven't thrown away yet. It is a different brand than the other two, those are identical.

I only have navy, power blue, and cream shirts, so I dont' have to worry about what goes with black shirts, but according to some here I should be wearing black bags with the cream shirt.

Until this thread I never gave the bag color much of a thought. It's interesting though because I do give thought to mask color with shirt. I have three masks all with doeskin pads, black, navy and red. The navy shirt with red trim is the only one I will wear the red mask with. I wear the navy mask with navy or powder blue shirt, and the black mask is used with any of them. The black one is the only one with a hangy thingy on it so that sometimes plays into the decision on which to wear, ie who is catching today.

Last year I made a comment about the red mask with black harness and caught some crap from some posters here that the harness should be red. It was a color fashion statement that was like water on a duck's back for me. I could care less. I got the mask on tremendous sale, had a spare set of doeskins and a spare black harness and voila', an item I could use was born.

I have navy and black undershirts if I think they will be visible and when I know they will not be it don't matter. I have worn white under plate gear. I have one red undershirt and I only wear it if working a crew where all the base guys want to use red so I go along.

All my hats are blue. For cold weather my gloves are black and my cold gear for the head is navy (only worn on bases).

Tomorrow I will go back to not giving a thought about my ball bag color, because I only have three, they are all blue, I only use two of them, and nobody I know personnally cares.... To each his own, unless you are trying to impress someone else.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by DG

I own 3 ball bags, all blue. I use two for a game and the 3rd is a backup, an older bag I just haven't thrown away yet. It is a different brand than the other two, those are identical.

I only have navy, power blue, and cream shirts, so I dont' have to worry about what goes with black shirts, but according to some here I should be wearing black bags with the cream shirt.

Until this thread I never gave the bag color much of a thought. It's interesting though because I do give thought to mask color with shirt. I have three masks all with doeskin pads, black, navy and red. The navy shirt with red trim is the only one I will wear the red mask with. I wear the navy mask with navy or powder blue shirt, and the black mask is used with any of them. The black one is the only one with a hangy thingy on it so that sometimes plays into the decision on which to wear, ie who is catching today.

Last year I made a comment about the red mask with black harness and caught some crap from some posters here that the harness should be red. It was a color fashion statement that was like water on a duck's back for me. I could care less. I got the mask on tremendous sale, had a spare set of doeskins and a spare black harness and voila', an item I could use was born.

I have navy and black undershirts if I think they will be visible and when I know they will not be it don't matter. I have worn white under plate gear. I have one red undershirt and I only wear it if working a crew where all the base guys want to use red so I go along.

All my hats are blue. For cold weather my gloves are black and my cold gear for the head is navy (only worn on bases).

Tomorrow I will go back to not giving a thought about my ball bag color, because I only have three, they are all blue, I only use two of them, and nobody I know personnally cares.... To each his own, unless you are trying to impress someone else.

Well, for someone who cares so much about mask pad color, it seems odd that you would ignore common sense fashion (as well as the MLB example set), and wear navy ball bags with a cream shirt. Cream shirt, black bags and hat. That is just the way it's done here on this planet. Any association authorizing cream shirts would definitely call for black ball bags and hats.

[Dave Hensley]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Well, for someone who cares so much about mask pad color, it seems odd that you would ignore common sense fashion (as well as the MLB example set), and wear navy ball bags with a cream shirt. Cream shirt, black bags and hat. That is just the way it's done here on this planet. Any association authorizing cream shirts would definitely call for black ball bags and hats.

Only because the trim on the cream shirt is black. If it were navy, then navy hat and ballbags would be appropriate. For the cream shirt I have, and the only one I've seen, the trim is black and therefore the ballbags and hat should be black.

The color of protective equipment - mask, chest protector, shinguards - is not part of the standard fashion dictates, although I suppose it would be possible to come up with something bizarre enough to be considered a no-no in the mask/pad/harness combination, if one were trying really hard.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by Dave Hensley

Only because the trim on the cream shirt is black. If it were navy, then navy hat and ballbags would be appropriate. For the cream shirt I have, and the only one I've seen, the trim is black and therefore the ballbags and hat should be black.

I thought that kind of went without saying. The only cream shirts on the market have black trim.

[DG]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Well, for someone who cares so much about mask pad color, it seems odd that you would ignore common sense fashion (as well as the MLB example set), and wear navy ball bags with a cream shirt. Cream shirt, black bags and hat. That is just the way it's done here on this planet. Any association authorizing cream shirts would definitely call for black ball bags and hats.

Yes, I thought that was a bit of a paradox also, although, like I said, I haven't given ball bag color a thought until this thread. And the games I do in cream are excellent summer league games with players home from college, in the heat of the summer. There is no association, they call, I go because it pays well and the play is excellent and the cream shirt helps with the heat index. The planet comment is just stupid.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by DG

The planet comment is just stupid.

What do you mean? Your post was going along so well, then you had to call my comment stupid. It is not stupid, just because you say it is. What is stupid is leaving a statement like this to stand by itself without explanation, as if its very existence equaled proof of its validity.

[DG]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

What do you mean? Your post was going along so well, then you had to call my comment stupid. It is not stupid, just because you say it is. What is stupid is leaving a statement like this to stand by itself without explanation, as if its very existence equaled proof of its validity.

Stupid is as stupid does. Setting yourself up as a planet spokeserson is...