Favorite Unorthodox Shirt Colour

[waltjp]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Well, the "chocolate" would be useful if I pooped on my shirt or if I liked chocolate bars and failed to find my mouth.

C'mon guys. The chocolate shirt is perfect for umpires who work for UPS.

[ozzy6900]

Originally Posted by canadaump6

I like the look of the grey. I wonder what colour undershirt would go with it...............

I would go with a black undershirt as a first choice and a gray (Under Armour) undershirt as a second choice.

Tim (BigUmp56), being from CA would probably suggest pink or a tofu colored undershirt!

[BigUmp56]

Originally Posted by ozzy6900

I would go with a black undershirt as a first choice and a gray (Under Armour) undershirt as a second choice.

Tim (BigUmp56), being from CA would probably suggest pink or a tofu colored undershirt!

My brother, and my brother-from-another-mother are from CA.

I'm a born and bred Hoosier!


Tim.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by BigUmp56

My brother, and my brother-from-another-mother are from CA.

I'm a born and bred Hoosier!


Tim.

Tim: you're forgetting that Ozzy's from CT. Indiana, California-- whatever.

[BigUmp56]

Originally Posted by mbyron

Tim: you're forgetting that Ozzy's from CT. Indiana, California-- whatever.

I believe he'd tell you that it's -- "whatevaah"


Tim.

[RPatrino]

How about Hawaiin shirts?

[Steven Tyler]

Originally Posted by RPatrino

How about Hawaiin shirts?

That's Hawaiian.........

[canadaump6]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Reference and / or examples, please. Otherwise, it's just unsupported slander.

FWIW, I purchased several shirts from them about 5 years ago. I didn't like them. For one thing, I got two different styles of material in the same order. For another, the collars on all the shirts were not symetrical and weren't cut right.

After hearing good things about the current batch of shirts, though, I decided to try them agian -- and I like the shirts (but they do run large). Someone pointed out to me that the white stripes on the black shirt are "thicker" than they are on shirts from different vendors.

I will also point out that I've had difficulty with their customer service (others ahve raved about it) -- once, I ordered three shirts, and they charged my credit card, and sent a "your order has been shipped" email After about a week, I got a notice that the shirts were on back-order. When I inquired as to why my card had been charged, I received a reply that the order would be free -- it was, but only for one shirt. I still needed the other two shirts, so I had to re-order. Yes, I came out slightly ahead, but it was still a hassle.

Problems with officials choice shirts:

1) The powder blue is a darker shade of blue than what everyone else wears.
2) The micromesh material is really cheap, and looks cheap too.
3) The stripes on the black shirt are too big.
4) You can see through the shirts, meaning if you're using one on plate you can see the bolts on the chest protector.

[UmpJM]

Bob,

Originally Posted by RPatrino

How about Hawaiin shirts?

You mean something like this?



JM

[briancurtin]

I don't like any unorthodox shirt colors. I haven't worn anything but the MLB colors in the last two or three years, and besides those I would stick to navy or powder blue.

[ozzy6900]

Originally Posted by BigUmp56

I believe he'd tell you that it's -- "whatevaah"


Tim.

Naw, I'm too far South of Baast'n. We say whatever!
Up thea, they root for the Red Soox and drink a beah at the game.
Down here, we duck the Yankee fans and say, Yo - Adrieaan!

Sorry about the Pink comment . I know several people who live in San Fran that would probably jump on a pink shirt (or the guy wearing it)!

[ozzy6900]

Originally Posted by UmpJM (nee CoachJM)

Bob,



You mean something like this?



JM

A Hawaiian umpire shirt? You've got to be $hitting me! Please tell me that this is not a real game !

[UmpJM]

ozzie,

Does it look like a real game?



JM

[kylejt]

(Please insert your best Andy Rooney voice here.)

Ever wonder why umpires wear light blue shirts? No one in charge of anything should wear light blue, it's a sissy color. It was fine when umpires wore postman shirts, but not any longer.

Everyone should own an OC long sleeved black shirt. They don't make the +POS lined long sleeved shirt anymore, and this is the next best thing.

Cream is too close to the color of a baseball after the second inning.

We should be wearing white for day games, and black for night. Night should be any time you need lights.

Everyone should be wearing the GD pants. There should be an expiration date for the heathers. Perhaps 31 Dec 2009, but not for softball. We need someone who will buy our old pants on eBay.

How many colors do other sports officials choose from? (No, soccer doesn't, nor will it ever, count.)

For God's sake, do away with all colored ball bags except black. They go with both the white and black shirts.

If you insist on wearing a hockey mask to a baseball game, at least get a haircut. You shouldn't be frightening the children with your crazy, sweat induced hairdo every time you remove that contraption.

Beanies. I think Jimmy Dugan summed up how I think about those.

And I don't care what they wear in MLB. They wear those silly short sleeved jackets, for heavens sakes. There's even a fellow that wears a plastic collar, like you put on a dog when you don't want him to lick himself. I don't even want to think about that any more.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by ozzy6900

A Hawaiian umpire shirt? You've got to be $hitting me! Please tell me that this is not a real game !

Yes it was a real game, as in summer tournament. This tournament has a night or two where the umpires wear an unorthodox shirt or uniform to have a little fun with the blessing of the tournament. This was not during a regular high school or college game. It was a youth tournament with kids all over the world playing and this was a fun event. And the only people that seem to care are anal people who do not know how to have fun. I think I might have taken this picture.

Peace