New Umpire Stuff

[GarthB]

Originally Posted by Steven Tyler

What does the country of Canada have to do with the United States Patent Office?

Steve didn't mention a country in his post. Why do you assume he didn't mean the Canadian Patent office? http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/en/goc/patents.shtml

I didn't know Dog Patch was in the province of Ontario, Canada.

Are you really this desparate to start something? It's a saying, for crying out loud. Remember Li'l Abner was syndicated in several countries, including Canada.

[Steven Tyler]

Originally Posted by GarthB

Steve didn't mention a country in his post. Why do you assume he didn't mean the Canadian Patent office? http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/en/goc/patents.shtml



Are you really this desparate to start something? It's a saying, for crying out loud. Remember Li'l Abner was syndicated in several countries, including Canada.

Are these the only two countries with patent offices? I think it's a very safe assumption the United States Patent Office was the one being mentioned. As for Lil' Abner, they lived in Dogpatch, USA. I don't see how it being syndicated in several countries would make it hard for readers in the United States, or Canada, to know where it was located.

[GarthB]

Originally Posted by Steven Tyler

Are these the only two countries with patent offices? I think it's a very safe assumption the United States Patent Office was the one being mentioned. As for Lil' Abner, they lived in Dogpatch, USA. I don't see how it being syndicated in several countries would make it hard for readers in the United States, or Canada, to know where it was located.

Oh. my God. You really are that desparate. You want to pick a fight over a mythical town in a comic strip from the 60's.

Back on the list, Paul.

Oh, and my apologies for quoting him to those of you who already have him on your list.

[canadaump6]

I will make sure to have my plate and base shoes on when they hem both pairs of pants. How low on the shoes should the plate pants be? Should I have them covering up most of the shoe?

As for the number, I got the number 6 as I had heard that nobody had that one in my association. I haven't got them sewn on to my shirts yet though. If 6 is taken, it can be flipped to a 9.

Regarding what I wore before, I had a couple of men's dress-style grey pants. I feel that they look pretty much like real pants, but maybe just a touch darker. Nonetheless it's important to wear the official uniform, and almost the official colour isn't good enough, no matter how many colours of pants our association wears.

[canadaump6]

Steve and Garth, please stop hijacking my thread. I want to get some feedback. I don't care about DogPatch, and boasting about adding someone to your ignore list is not clever and got old a long time ago.

[GarthB]

Originally Posted by canadaump6

Steve and Garth, please stop hijacking my thread. I want to get some feedback. I don't care about DogPatch, and boasting about adding someone to your ignore list is not clever and got old a long time ago.

1. You have feed back. Politely couched, even.

2. Please don't presume to lecture.

3. I've never boasted about my ignore list. I haved statedfacts and often lamented the fact that it does, at times become necessary.

4. You were starting to show us a new you...stay focused.

[GarthB]

Originally Posted by canadaump6

I will make sure to have my plate and base shoes on when they hem both pairs of pants. How low on the shoes should the plate pants be? Should I have them covering up most of the shoe?

Don't just wear your plate shoes, wear your shinguards and go into your stance when they measure for the hem. Otherwise, you will look like you're wearing waders when working behind the plate.

In your stance, your pants should still come to the top of your shoe and not reveal any portion of your socks.

[UmpJM]

canadaump6,

I've got to admit I'm a little curious about what you have been wearing for pants, but it's nice to hear that you're "stepping up" to dressing properly.

One piece of advice - when you go to get the pants hemmed, have the plate pants hemmed "really long". When they measure for the length, wear your plate shoes and have them hemmed so that the pants are almost touching the ground as you stand "normally". If the place isn't used to doing umpire alterations they will want to do them "shorter". Also, when they suggest cuffs, just say no. (Trust me on this.)

You also might want to consider getting more than one fitted hat (Navy, Black, Base, Plate = 4).

As others have suggested, dressing properly is really more of a "necessary but insufficient" criteria for being assigned quality games (at least where I'm from) - but it's certainly a step in the right direction.

JM

P.S. Just out of idle curiosity, what "number" did you get & how did you choose it?

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by Steven Tyler

Are these the only two countries with patent offices? I think it's a very safe assumption the United States Patent Office was the one being mentioned. As for Lil' Abner, they lived in Dogpatch, USA. I don't see how it being syndicated in several countries would make it hard for readers in the United States, or Canada, to know where it was located.

Just one more thing, as Columbo would say: Why would you ASSume that I was referring to the United States Patent Office, when he lives in Canada? By that logic, there would really be Dogpatch, Ontario. I know that most industrialized nations must have their own patent office. It's just common sense.

My whole point was that leather isn't "patented." There, that was the whole point.

And my use of Dogpatch brought a picture to your mind, didn't it? That was the whole point with that.

As Joe Pesci said in My Cousin Vinny, "I got no more use for this guy."

[ironhead17]

same here......my have to invoke the ignore function