I don't thing that was the point. The post was specific to softball.

While it is not universal, most of the worst umpires in my association also work softball and have been unsuccessful in leaving softball mechanics on the softball field.

I understood his point. My point was I don't believe that being a softball umpire makes one a bad baseball umpire per se.

You should thing twice about making a comment like this.

There are also quite a few very good baseball umpires that also work softball. I know several baseball umpires who have worked multiple state championships that also umpire softball in the fall.

I don't see any correlation between how good you are in baseball and whether or not you do softball. If you're bad, you're bad. If you're good, you're good.

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I'll do the thinging around here, Babalooey!!!

Signed, Quickdraw McGraw

Close:

"Now hoooooold on thar, Baba Looey! I'll do the "thinnin'" around here, and doooon't you ferget it!"

Edited to add:

Congrats on your two success stories so far, San Diego. Keep it up. You can do eet.

How in the world can a ball bag color post get 5 pages of responses? Wait, it's because of guys like me that keep it going!!! Just a note on some of the uniform nazis out there. I got dinged last year at a camp I attended for using black Carlucci bags. The evaluator had never seen them before and said they didn't look "uniform." What ever that meant. I still use them as I feel they are the best ball bags ever. Cece will be missed when I need new gear. I want to try some new bags so I can keep my Carlucci's in good shape. Getting back to the original post, what is the preferred bag now days? What I like best about the Carluccis besides the quality is the perfect size and depth of the inside pocket for my plate brush.

Scratch this. I sold my Davis bags on eBay and got the Ump-Attire Ultimate bags. I switched to navy and black instead of charcoal and black.

It is amazing how much better the Ultimates are than the GD's. First, I like the fact that they're bigger. They also don't bunch up on a belt and don't sag with baseballs in them. The materials and construction are also MUCH better.

I'd easily recommend the Ultimates if anyone needs new bags. They're really nice.

I bought 4 black Dry-Los from Evans and discarded the rest. I'm done matching bags to hats and all that nonsense. If the AAA guys can wear black bags with navy shirts, I can too and I don't have to worry about grabbing the "right" bags.

I've never worried about that, and never had anyone comment about it.

Of course, in my association I'm the picture of sartorial splendor. :D

It always amuses me how we obsess over some of the stupidest things. I'm guilty of it as well. Black out the white on your shoes, ball bag color, you're a dork if you wear a beanie behind the plate, no indicator in the field etc. I also do basketball and officials in that sport are no different. You'll be identified as a poor official if you wear belted pants, the wrong shoes, whatever. I'll admit it, I spend the extra money on beltless pants because I guess I'm a sheep too.

What is the overall dimensions of these bags?

MTD, Sr.

If you go with gray bags be sure they match your pants. I saw a guy the other day with new charcoal pants and heather gray bags it was not a good look.

We wore black recently, and my partner wore a faded purple beanie and navy ball bags. He also called an unexpectedly good game.

P.S. on the new Ultimate Ball Bags:

They are now the best that I have seen or tried.

1. New Ump-Attire Ultimate
2. Honig's
3. Jim Evans Dri-low
4. Smitty's
5. Generic homemade bag made by a partner's wife
6. Diamond
7. Gerry Davis (the cheapest, worst performing ball bag of them all)