Minor 2009 MLB Uniform Change

[umpduck11]

What is this, Point/Counter Point ?

[Durham]

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty

The point is???

"Those aren't major league umpires"

They both could have been.

[MrUmpire]

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty

The point is???

"Those aren't major league umpires"

Exactly. So why would one come to the conclusion that the major league umpire uniform had changed based on what non-ML umpires are wearing?

[mattmets]

Originally Posted by MrUmpire

Exactly. So why would one come to the conclusion that the major league umpire uniform had changed based on what non-ML umpires are wearing?

Read the OP and come back to us.

[jimpiano]

Originally Posted by MrUmpire

Exactly. So why would one come to the conclusion that the major league umpire uniform had changed based on what non-ML umpires are wearing?

Say good night, Gracie.

[MrUmpire]

Originally Posted by mattmets

Read the OP and come back to us.

Wow.

My apologies to the posting community.

Damn, now I have to change the "364 days without a mistake" sign in my office.

[Fittske]

Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen, right, argues with plate umpire Brian Knight after a call in favor of the Colorado Rockies, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009, during their spring training baseball game in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)


Looks like this change is for MLB umpires also.

[Durham]

KF dump some messages in your storage so I can PM ya.

[tiger49]

There is also a new jacket this season as well.

[SethPDX]

Originally Posted by Fittske

Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen argues with plate umpire...

Some things will not be changing.

[DonInKansas]

Originally Posted by tiger49

There is also a new jacket this season as well.

What is it, a windbreaker with 3/4 sleeves? Or maybe a sleeveless jacket?

[Umpmazza]

Originally Posted by tiger49

There is also a new jacket this season as well.

Any idea if they have new Underwear to?....

[Klokard]

The original pic in this post is the plate meeting in a Golden Baseball League (GBL) game. This is a modified season independant league which has teams in Canada, Arizona, Utah, California and new for 2009, Mexico.

[justanotherblue]

Originally Posted by Publius

That is Darrell Evans.

Inky, though, (since his name came up) is credited with the #1 all-time baseball quote IMHO. When the players were on strike, many fans commented on their perceived greed on the part of the players.

Pete responded (paraphrasing): "The fans act like we're all a bunch of millionaires, when in reality a lot of us are making only five or six hundred thousand."

And that other coach is Cory Snyder...

[Kevin Finnerty]

Wow! I'm sorry I missed that!

Cory Snyder was a stud. And he had a cannon! He was a huge part of the 1984 USA Olympic baseball team. I was at every game they played. Other big-leaguers from that team: Bill Swift, Bobby Witt, Barry Larkin, Odibe McDowell, Shane Mack, Chris Gwynn, Flavio Alfaro, Gary Green, B.J. Surhoff, Will Clark, and a guy named Mark McGwire. Snyder shared right with Shane Mack, and he shared third base with McGwire. Mac's Olympic coach was Rod Dedeaux, who was also his college coach, and he had him play third with Snyder and first with Will Clark.

When Japan beat them 3-1, I hurled. Watching the wrong flag go up the flagpole and watching the wrong team jumping up and down on the medal platform made me as sick as any sight in baseball up until that point.

It is now expected to see a team of U.S. professionals get beat by virtually any international professional squad, because baseball's a team sport and U.S. All-Star teams don't play like a team. But back then, they were all in college, and they looked unbeatable at every workout and in every game leading up to the final. It was unreal.