New Umpire Stuff

[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?