73 WS Uniforms

JR12 · #1 (**permalink**) Thu Apr 23, 2009, 12:51pm

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Originally Posted by Emperor Ump

I may be wrong, but I believe this was because of the division of the AL & NL umpires. The AL guys wore the Red coat for a while, so I'm assumingthe guys in blue were the NL umps assigned to the game.

I love watching those old games on MLBTV.

Thanks, that's probably why. I love those old games too.

SethPDX · #2 (**permalink**) Thu Apr 23, 2009, 04:02pm

In addition to wearing the red coat back in the 70s, those trendstters in the AL introduced the red shirt in the 90s.

ozzy6900 · #3 (**permalink**) Thu Apr 23, 2009, 06:26pm

Let's not forget those Elbeco shirt collars laid out over the lapels ala Disco Duck!

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