Best/Worst ideas and innovations in umpiring and baseball in general.

njdevs00cup · #1 (**permalink**) Fri Jul 20, 2007, 10:31am

Worst: Partners who make up excuses why they can't do the plate! They then say they only have navy, when it is 95 degrees!

Rich · #2 (**permalink**) Sun Jul 22, 2007, 04:56pm

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Originally Posted by njdevs00cup

Worst: Partners who make up excuses why they can't do the plate! They then say they only have navy, when it is 95 degrees!

As if different colors of micromesh shirts are noticeably cooler.

njdevs00cup · #3 (**permalink**) Sun Jul 22, 2007, 08:50pm

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Originally Posted by Rich Fronheiser

As if different colors of micromesh shirts are noticeably cooler.

You're right, they make little difference , but I'm already ticked off that I've had to listen to the, "Why I can't work the plate excuses!"

DG · #4 (**permalink**) Sun Jul 22, 2007, 09:13pm

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Originally Posted by Rich Fronheiser

As if different colors of micromesh shirts are noticeably cooler.

I find lighter colors to be noticeably cooler. Dark colors are warmer than light colors in the sun.

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