The Umpire Mask Hook: "I'll take 2!"

Kevin Finnerty

Chris_Hickman wrote
The Official's locker Room has to be the greatest umpire invention ever developed!!! Has this been brought up on the message boards before? HA HA

And don't just think it's for officials. That's right, The Windsurfer's Locker Room.

GA Umpire wrote
Don't settle for a "That's just the way it is" answer. Question everything until you get an irrefutable or understandable answer.

Just what do you mean by this?

Forest Ump wrote
What a crock. This guy must write speeches for Obama.

He should have wrote;

He should have wrote??!!

You had better keep your mockery of writers to yourself. Good grief.

Also, the Obama joke: just so you know, jokes are supposed to be funny.

MrUmpire

Any chance the mask holder comes from the same fine folks who brought us the Officials Locker Room?

johnnyg08

I have to admit, there are some times where that thing would come in handy. But I agree, a bit cheesy.

SanDiegoSteve

Chris_Hickman wrote
The Official's locker Room has to be the greatest umpire invention ever developed!!! Has this been brought up on the message boards before? HA HA

Isn't that you in the picture? It's your Web site, right? BTW, I want one!

Chris_Hickman

No.............. I did not invent the Umpire Hook. When I do a plate job it is always in the back of my mind the thought of staining my underarms with chalk and dirt.... still, I manage to go on...

constable

MrUmpire wrote
Any chance the mask holder comes from the same fine folks who brought us the Officials Locker Room?

Well there are many areas that have parks where umpire dressing rooms are nothing but a pipe dream. Some people don't feel comfortable stripping down in the parking lot.

There are much worse inventions out there.

SanDiegoSteve

Chris_Hickman wrote
No.............. I did not invent the Umpire Hook. When I do a plate job it is always in the back of my mind the thought of staining my underarms with chalk and dirt.... still, I manage to go on...

I was referring to the Official's Locker Room.

robbie

I'm sure the one armed ( Left - by the way...) umpire who uses the mask holder in our organization sure appreciates the kind comments posted above.....................

SanDiegoSteve

robbie wrote
I'm sure the one armed ( Left - by the way...) umpire who uses the mask holder in our organization sure appreciates the kind comments posted above.....................

This is the demographic that they should be targeting with their advertising, and gear the sales pitch in that direction as well.

MrUmpire

robbie wrote
I'm sure the one armed ( Left - by the way...) umpire who uses the mask holder in our organization sure appreciates the kind comments posted above.....................

Huh?

You'll have to show me the comments that a one armed umpire would find offensive. I don't see any.

Rich

Every time I see that picture of the ULR I wonder what the guy is doing in there. 😀

MrUmpire

RichMSN wrote
Every time I see that picture of the ULR I wonder what the guy is doing in there. 😃

It would have looked better to have his hands visible, eh?

Chris_Hickman

What I am doing in the The Official's Locker Room is my business!!! HA HA

Yes, that is me in the photo....

SanDiegoSteve

Chris_Hickman wrote
What I am doing in the The Official's Locker Room is my business!!! HA HA

Yes, that is me in the photo....

Well, I think it's a really cool invention, and I wish I would have thought of it myself. I plan on getting one for next season, because there are absolutely no dressing rooms or school bathrooms open for our use here. It's either the street or the parking lot, with all the lookie-loos and teenage girls running around while you're trying to get dressed. I only wish it came in a larger version, so I could put a chaise lounge and wetbar inside, then it would be perfect! 😀

UmpJM

SanDiegoSteve wrote
... I only wish it came in a larger version, so I could put a chaise lounge and wetbar inside, then it would be perfect! 😃

Steve,

Ooohhh...I LIKE IT!

Perhaps, "The Officals' Locker Room - Deluxe Edition".

You should be in product development. 😉

Kevin Finnerty

I have had one since last season, and after showing it to a buddy who's a windsurfer (no joke), he bought one and uses it more frequently at the beach than I do on the umpiring circuit. It is a very useful unit.

cc6

The inventor has a lot more to gain than he has to lose. If stuff like the Umpire's Dressing Room and the Mask Hook don't sell, the innovators will get ridiculed by some, and complimented by others for trying something new. If they do sell, and possibly become a part of umpiring tradition for the next 100+ years, the inventors will make a fortune.

Kevin Finnerty

As far as changing facilities go, we will continue to be treated in sub-standard fashion, even at some colleges. So the Official's Locker Room has a place.

There will never, ever be a need for the Mask Hook.

Never.

Ever.

GA Umpire

There must have been some need by someone. I'm sure some were asked if they would use it.

Ump Rube

There is no NEED for the hook. It is a LAZY item, for LAZY people. (Note the use of people and not umpire.) I have never had a problem with getting dirt and chalk on my mask. It is always in 1 of 3 places: 1.) My gear bag, 2.) My head, 3.) My hand. Don't see why it needs to be anywhere else.

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