Uniform and Equipment thread ...

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty

Does anyone own this jacket?

Is it standard? (I don't remember any side stripes on the MLB ones with the piping across the chest.)



It says the sleeves zip off (to make it like a batting practice pullover). I saw it at our old friends at Official's Choice: CONVERTIBLE BLACK - '2 IN-ONE Jacket' Long Sleeve Baseball Umpire Jacket - 2

Are you ready? ... $27.50

The MLB model does not have white panels on the side, but the sleeves zip off below the elbow like this one does.

I have always thought this type of jacket looked goofy on umpires. They look like barber or dentist smocks.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Here is another real winner of a product from Official's Choice, that pilar of umpire gear sales worldwide:



Gee, hmmmm.....I wonder what all the fans and bench jockeys will compare the umpires wearing this shirt to.........

[waltjp]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Here is another real winner of a product from Official's Choice, that pilar of umpire gear sales worldwide:



Gee, hmmmm.....I wonder what all the fans and bench jockeys will compare the umpires wearing this shirt to.........

Easy there, Steve. That's the official official shirt of the Hershey, PA Little League.

[Umpmazza]

Originally Posted by waltjp

Easy there, Steve. That's the official official shirt of the Hershey, PA Little League.

Are you guys saying you don't want to look like a Chocolate Bunny out there?...LOL

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by Umpmazza

Are you guys saying you don't want to look like a Chocolate Bunny out there?...LOL

No, I just don't want to look like poop!

[Umpmazza]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

No, I just don't want to look like poop!

crap I didnt think of that one.... I did buy one of there shirt.. I bought the white one with the black collar.. It looks kinda of cool. I bought 2 some my partner could wear one as well.

[Pensaump]

Originally Posted by Umpmazza

crap I didnt think of that one.... I did buy one of there shirt.. I bought the white one with the black collar.. It looks kinda of cool. I bought 2 some my partner could wear one as well.

How thoughtful

[UMP25]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Here is another real winner of a product from Official's Choice, that pilar of umpire gear sales worldwide:



Gee, hmmmm.....I wonder what all the fans and bench jockeys will compare the umpires wearing this shirt to.........

Don't laugh. There are two young umpires in the northwest burbs of Chicago (who shall remain nameless here) who purchased these chocolate brown shirts and have used them on the field. They also have purchased and used the burgundy shirts.

They know, however, never to wear these in any games I assign.

[jkumpire]

But you can only wear it with charcoal pants and chain mail behind the plate:

[kylejt]

Originally Posted by UMP25

They also have purchased and used the burgundy shirts.

They know, however, never to wear these in any games I assign.

Unlike the brown, the burgundy actually goes quite well with either of the gray shades of pants now in fashion. I've got one (it's my local LL fields colors), and it's quite snappy.

Regards,
Mr. Blackwell Jr.

[Delaware Blue]

Originally Posted by kylejt

Unlike the brown, the burgundy actually goes quite well with either of the gray shades of pants now in fashion. I've got one (it's my local LL fields colors), and it's quite snappy.

Regards,
Mr. Blackwell Jr.

Embroider a VT on the pocket and it also makes a nice golf shirt. Go Hokies!

[UMP25]

If you recall, MLB guys wore the sage gray shirts a few years ago when those ugly sage gray pants were introduced. Needless to say, the gray shirt experiment didn't last too long, and the pants followed a year or so later.

[Kevin Finnerty]

Originally Posted by UMP25

If you recall, MLB guys wore the sage gray shirts a few years ago when those ugly sage gray pants were introduced. Needless to say, the gray shirt experiment didn't last too long, and the pants followed a year or so later.

I don't know why I have gray, but I work with one partner fairly often who also has gray, so we wear it as the warm weather alternative instead of cream. The gray shirts look good with the charcoal gray slacks.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by SAump

Gray shirts. That would be gray on top of heather gray!
gray ump shirts

Well, then they would match perfectly with the gray area strikes were discussing!

When I spent the 2006 season with Smitties R Us umpire group (not the real name of the group, for those of you in Rio Linda), the head honcho was shirt crazy and expected us to buy whatever color shirt he felt like featuring for certain tournaments he had booked. I was just about to buy the +POS silver shirts when I was forced into retirement. Lucky for me. The big problem with this is we were required to have the association name embroidered on the shirts, which essentially ruined them for using in any other group.

[Kevin Finnerty]

I am a big fan of those guys who require you to wear a blank shirt, and they give you a cap with their patch or initials.