Tights for work behind the plate

[Kevin Finnerty]

Originally Posted by johnnyg08

I've always used black, but just about the gray ones...they're underneath...I guess I don't care what color they are...I've had my current pair for over 10 years now, always air dryed them, but they don't have the cup pocket so I was adding another layer over them for my cup stuff...I'm excited to cut a layer. I don't think I'll ever go HexPad...if I were doing Kiddie ball where there are some weak catchers I'd consider it.

Buddy, even the shots that you take from high school freshmen don't hurt. The youth ball shots are like mosquitos.

The hexpads are for the high-80s straight shots.

[johnnyg08]

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty

Buddy, even the shots that you take from high school freshmen don't hurt. The youth ball shots are like mosquitos.

The hexpads are for the high-80s straight shots.

yeah, i guess you're right. i'll shed the extra layer and take my chances. i remember one shot in the last 10 years...a lot of luck...yes...could get hit 20 times this year...maybe I'll change my mind and upgrade by mid-May.

[jdmara]

Get information gentleman! I know I can always count on everyone in the forum to give it to me straight. I just cannot imagine that on a hot, steamy day it would be any cooler to wear tights but I'm willing to give it a shot.

-Josh

[Kevin Finnerty]

Originally Posted by jdmara

Get information gentleman! I know I can always count on everyone in the forum to give it to me straight. I just cannot imagine that on a hot, steamy day it would be any cooler to wear tights but I'm willing to give it a shot.

-Josh

As soon as the moisture wicks away from your skin, it provides a cooling layer that is cooler than just your slacks. Honest!

[JR12]

Originally Posted by jdmara

Get information gentleman! I know I can always count on everyone in the forum to give it to me straight. I just cannot imagine that on a hot, steamy day it would be any cooler to wear tights but I'm willing to give it a shot.

-Josh

I was a non believer until last year. Not only do they make you more comfy from rubbing straps, they keep you cooler. I have McDavid navy blue with cup pocket. I may try a pair of hex pad this season.

[kylejt]

I just got back from teaching at a four hour clinic (even had Brian Runge show up), and the Shock Doctor tights are great. It was from 55-70 degrees, and they are far more comfortable than my Under Armour shirts, as far as being cooler. Thumbs up on the Shock Doctors.

[ManInBlue]

McDavid with floating cup pocket - plate and bases. Before I got the McDavid I used some form (UA, Starter...) of compression pants on both. It's cooler and more comfortable. Been wearing something on my legs for so long I can't stand to do a game without them - I can't tolerate my pants touching my legs - did it once and found out just how much cooler it really is with the compression pants on.

[Rcichon]

McDavid hex pads behind the plate, black compression type on bases.

[Strike3UROUT]

I just got my first pair of McDavid Hexpad shorts today from Honig's.

They fit great and are really thick for great protection in the thighs.

I should have bought a pair of these years ago.

[Kevin Finnerty]

Lighter and less cumbersome than you thought they'd be, huh?

[SAump]

I wear Nike sliding shorts or sliders every now and then.
Protects the outer thighs. Same as hexpad?

[cc6]

Originally Posted by Strike3UROUT

I just got my first pair of McDavid Hexpad shorts today from Honig's.

They fit great and are really thick for great protection in the thighs.

I should have bought a pair of these years ago.

Why not just get the long tights? They would prevent chaffing from shinguards as well as offering protection.

[JR12]

Who has the best price on the hex pad full length tights??

[Kevin Finnerty]

Lesters Upstate Sports :: Baseball & Softball :: McDavid Intera Wear :: McDavid Hexpad Umpire Pant w/Floating Cup Pocket

There's never a very good price on them, but Lester's always carries all the sizes, and at $53.00, they're a couple of bucks less than most of the other places.

[Strike3UROUT]

Originally Posted by cc6

Why not just get the long tights? They would prevent chaffing from shinguards as well as offering protection.

I umpire quite a bit in the summer and fall and the long tights would burn me up in the warmer weather. I have long thick black tube socks that they sell 3 for $15 at Honig's that go under my shinguards anyway. I really can't believe how light and flexible these McDavid Hexpad pants are and how much protection they offer on each thigh.

It will be nice not to get "bitten" by foul balls or pitches that bounce in the dirt in front of the plate and miss the catcher before bouncing off my thighs.

I've had to walk around many times in pain after the ball hit me on my thigh and when the catcher asks if I got hit in the nads I smile and tell him no if it hit me there my cup would give me protection.