Ball Bag Color HS: Blue, Grey or Black

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by jkumpire

He was the Chief umpire at the Pan Am games in 1982 (I think), and he said; "You are never going to be a good umpire until you stop doing SB and work only BB."

I didn't know that working a sport other than baseball made one a bad baseball umpire.

[MrUmpire]

Originally Posted by Welpe

I didn't know that working a sport other than baseball made one a bad baseball umpire.

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.

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by MrUmpire

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

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

[Kevin Finnerty]

Originally Posted by MrUmpire

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.

You should thing twice about making a comment like this.

[zm1283]

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.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty

You should thing twice about making a comment like this.

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

Signed, Quickdraw McGraw

[MrUmpire]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

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.

[Klokard]

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.

[zm1283]

Originally Posted by zm1283

I wear charcoal ball bags with navy shirt, black with all other shirts.

My ball bags are Gerry Davis. What don't you guys like about them? I haven't had any problems.

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.