Do the participants really care how we are dressed

[MrUmpire]

Originally Posted by ozzy6900

Up here in CT, most of the HS coaches know what you should look like on the field. Old cronies such as myself are known to almost all of the Varsity coaches, so if I were to show up without my uniform and do the bases, they know what kind of umpire I am. They know that they will get the same umpire no matter what I am wearing

But the point is, you DON'T show up like that. That's what the skipper in my post was alluding to. Top umpires know to look the part.

Not all umpires who look good are good. But nearly all umpires who look like sh!t, are.