LLWS Uniform Question

[jicecone]

Some of my well connected inside contacts said the deal was this, the HP ump would wear a black jersey and the base guys would wear powder blue.

Whats the problem here?

[JR12]

I saw that game. I also recently saw a replay of a 97 Orioles-Mariners Playoff game. The HPU wore the red jersey and the other Umpires wore the navy blue. I thought it looked cool.
Whats the differnce? I often see the HPU wearing the blue or black jersey while the base Umpires wear the black pullover jacket.
Also HPU wearing the plate coat and BU wearing the pullover. Basically the HPU can do his own thing as long as the BU all match.

[kylejt]

Originally Posted by jicecone

Some of my well connected inside contacts said the deal was this, the HP ump would wear a black jersey and the base guys would wear powder blue.

Whats the problem here?

No problem, but is there a reason for it? I'd guess it was for TV, with the black being better for a baseball background.

[billken]

Uni=One or Same
form=clothing

A baseball team wears the same uniform. The pitcher doesn't have a red shirt and the centerfielder a blue or white shirt.

Umpires are a team--the uniform should be uniform! It's unacceptable in my neck of the woods to not have the same color. If it's cold and someone want's a black jacket, the rest of the crew may choose not to wear a jacket, but their shirts will be black.

It is very rare to see umps not in the same color. I don't really care one way or the other, but just found it perplexing. It was obviously on purpose...so I thought I'd ask and see if there was a logical explanation.

[johnnyg08]

Originally Posted by billken

Uni=One or Same
form=clothing

A baseball team wears the same uniform. The pitcher doesn't have a red shirt and the centerfielder a blue or white shirt.

Umpires are a team--the uniform should be uniform! It's unacceptable in my neck of the woods to not have the same color. If it's cold and someone want's a black jacket, the rest of the crew may choose not to wear a jacket, but their shirts will be black.

It is very rare to see umps not in the same color. I don't really care one way or the other, but just found it perplexing. It was obviously on purpose...so I thought I'd ask and see if there was a logical explanation.

It wouldn't be acceptable in my NOTW either, but I'm in your camp, I don't care either way what they wear....and it obviously was intentional...maybe it was so the kids would know who the plate umpire was. :-) After all, it's all about the kids right?

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by billken

Uni=One or Same
form=clothing

A baseball team wears the same uniform. The pitcher doesn't have a red shirt and the centerfielder a blue or white shirt.

Umpires are a team--the uniform should be uniform! It's unacceptable in my neck of the woods to not have the same color. If it's cold and someone want's a black jacket, the rest of the crew may choose not to wear a jacket, but their shirts will be black.

It is very rare to see umps not in the same color. I don't really care one way or the other, but just found it perplexing. It was obviously on purpose...so I thought I'd ask and see if there was a logical explanation.

Are you saying that a PU should not wear a plate coat unless everyone on the crew wears a plate coat? Or if the PU wears the pull over and the base umpires wear a jacket that is not OK?

BTW, Major League Umpires have been doing this for years. It was not uncommon when all these colors were coming into fashion that the PU would wear "cream" for example and the rest of the crew would wear "black" or some other variation of the power blue or even "red" when that was in fashion? And I know of umpires that do the same thing in leagues or tournaments all over the place. Nothing new at all.

Peace