Under your plate coat

[kylejt]

I've got any Extra-Huge red mock turtleneck that I sometimes wear over my cp. It looks sharp, plus the cp don't get caught up on the inside of my plate coat. I've found that the buckles on my WV's sometimes catch the inside pockets. Not a big deal. But most of the time I roll with a mock turtle under the cp.

I don't go by what MLB umpires do. They aren't my heroes, and I don't have posters of them on my walls. Some of you guys gush over them like teenage girls. I swear, if Gary Darling had some sort of brain lapse, and wore his shin guards onside his pants, half you guys would be donning them the same way.

Me, I'd rather go with what the GLM's have to say when I walk on the field. "Damn, you look good" is far better than looking like Joe West. Me, I'm lucky that I don't have any goober association to tell me how to dress. So I go with what I think looks good. And what looks good on me, may look horrible on you. That's cool.

Now I've tried wearing a normal umpire shirt over my cp, and under the plate coat. The shirt collar just didn't sit right, and looked bad on me. Then I tried my Platinum under the coat, and I looked like a freakin' robot. For me, the original WV fits perfectly under the coat.

IOW YMMV

[ozzy6900]

Originally Posted by kylejt

I've got any Extra-Huge red mock turtleneck that I sometimes wear over my cp. It looks sharp, plus the cp don't get caught up on the inside of my plate coat. I've found that the buckles on my WV's sometimes catch the inside pockets. Not a big deal. But most of the time I roll with a mock turtle under the cp.

I don't go by what MLB umpires do. They aren't my heroes, and I don't have posters of them on my walls. Some of you guys gush over them like teenage girls. I swear, if Gary Darling had some sort of brain lapse, and wore his shin guards onside his pants, half you guys would be donning them the same way.

Me, I'd rather go with what the GLM's have to say when I walk on the field. "Damn, you look good" is far better than looking like Joe West. Me, I'm lucky that I don't have any goober association to tell me how to dress. So I go with what I think looks good. And what looks good on me, may look horrible on you. That's cool.

Now I've tried wearing a normal umpire shirt over my cp, and under the plate coat. The shirt collar just didn't sit right, and looked bad on me. Then I tried my Platinum under the coat, and I looked like a freakin' robot. For me, the original WV fits perfectly under the coat.

IOW YMMV

Well let's see. I wear a WV Platinum and I don't cover it with anything when I wear my plate coat. I get compliments from coaches, players and fans alike. My assigner likes it, I like it and my fellow umpires like it.

Most of us belong to associations which sometimes dictate what we wear and how we wear it. Many of us are NCAA or ex-NCAA talk about dictating! Many of us here are also MiLB or ex MiLB. What I am saying here is that the majority of us on this board are intelligent enough to go with the right way of doing things. Those such as yourself may be lucky being able to dress as you wish, but for example, here in CT, if you want to work High School and above, you will be an association (one of 4 in the State) or you will not work! In addition to the association dictating, the State FED Board also has dress requirements that we have to follow.

I agree with your right to opinion to wear what you want. I am just saying that it is not the accepted way. If you want to wear a red shirt with clown makeup while doing the plate, that's fine. But I I also have the right (by doing this crap for almost 30 years) to tell you that anyone who wears a shirt over the CP when wearing a plate coat looks like a rank amateur but before you get all upset rest assured that you probably look do look good......... to another rank amateur.

JMHO
Mario

[Rich]

Originally Posted by ozzy6900

Well let's see. I wear a WV Platinum and I don't cover it with anything when I wear my plate coat. I get compliments from coaches, players and fans alike. My assigner likes it, I like it and my fellow umpires like it.

Most of us belong to associations which sometimes dictate what we wear and how we wear it. Many of us are NCAA or ex-NCAA talk about dictating! Many of us here are also MiLB or ex MiLB. What I am saying here is that the majority of us on this board are intelligent enough to go with the right way of doing things. Those such as yourself may be lucky being able to dress as you wish, but for example, here in CT, if you want to work High School and above, you will be an association (one of 4 in the State) or you will not work! In addition to the association dictating, the State FED Board also has dress requirements that we have to follow.

I agree with your right to opinion to wear what you want. I am just saying that it is not the accepted way. If you want to wear a red shirt with clown makeup while doing the plate, that's fine. But I I also have the right (by doing this crap for almost 30 years) to tell you that anyone who wears a shirt over the CP when wearing a plate coat looks like a rank amateur but before you get all upset rest assured that you probably look do look good......... to another rank amateur.

JMHO
Mario

I guess I just don't understand why someone would pay for a plate coat and then not wear it the right way.

[kylejt]

Originally Posted by ozzy6900

Well let's see. I wear a WV Platinum and I don't cover it with anything when I wear my plate coat. I get compliments from coaches, players and fans alike. My assigner likes it, I like it and my fellow umpires like it.

Most of us belong to associations which sometimes dictate what we wear and how we wear it. Many of us are NCAA or ex-NCAA talk about dictating! Many of us here are also MiLB or ex MiLB. What I am saying here is that the majority of us on this board are intelligent enough to go with the right way of doing things. Those such as yourself may be lucky being able to dress as you wish, but for example, here in CT, if you want to work High School and above, you will be an association (one of 4 in the State) or you will not work! In addition to the association dictating, the State FED Board also has dress requirements that we have to follow.

I agree with your right to opinion to wear what you want. I am just saying that it is not the accepted way. If you want to wear a red shirt with clown makeup while doing the plate, that's fine. But I I also have the right (by doing this crap for almost 30 years) to tell you that anyone who wears a shirt over the CP when wearing a plate coat looks like a rank amateur but before you get all upset rest assured that you probably look do look good......... to another rank amateur.

JMHO
Mario

I respect your opinion.

Me, I hate a white t-shirt under a black jersey. It makes MLB guys look like Archie Bunker. So I'm totally unprofessional when I wear red underneath. So be it. I'd rather look good, than look professional, I guess.

Kyle

FYI - I think I've worn a turtleneck on the outside once or twice. Once was at a Pony game, working with two D1 guys. They thought it looked good. A GLM in the front thought I looked HOT. I'm kinda leanin' toward the rank amateur look, I guess.

Oh yeah, and for those of you who wear a regular shirt under your coat, and want to take it off mid-game, one thought. Ball bags.

[JJ]

I've been umping a loooong time, and I can say I've never seen anyone wearing a shirt of any kind over their chest protector UNDER their plate coat. I just thought that some guys were really barrel chested and didn't wear a chest protector under their plate coat.

JJ

[nickrego]

Originally Posted by JJ

I've been umping a loooong time, and I can say I've never seen anyone wearing a shirt of any kind over their chest protector UNDER their plate coat. I just thought that some guys were really barrel chested and didn't wear a chest protector under their plate coat.

JJ

That was funny.

Glad someone else is also having fun with this.