Back Again With More Equipment Questions

[Rufus]

Thanks for the quick reply CT, your thoughts are like mine on price/quality and ability to get injured but it helps hearing it from someone who actually does this.

Follow-on question - How large a size of polo should he get to wear over the chest protector. He's a L in regular size so would XL work, or should he go up 2 sizes to XXL?

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by Rufus

Thanks for the quick reply CT, your thoughts are like mine on price/quality and ability to get injured but it helps hearing it from someone who actually does this.

Follow-on question - How large a size of polo should he get to wear over the chest protector. He's a L in regular size so would XL work, or should he go up 2 sizes to XXL?

I would recommend only one size up for plate. XL should be fine. Two sizes up is a bit too baggy.

[Welpe]

Also keep in mind depending what brand shirt he goes with, you may need to size down for the bases as the shirts are cut for the plate.

I second Dash's recommendation to try and find a way to try on the gear. I am 5'9" and bought a Platinum a few years back that turned out to be very short on me and left my bottom two ribs exposed yet there are folks taller than I for whom the Platinum fits just fine.

[pob14]

Just to reiterate: that dang ball is just as hard at lower levels, and the catchers don't always do their job.

I would also echo the "try stuff on" suggestion; I have oddly shaped feet, and I have a terrible time getting shoes that fit anyway, and plate shoes are worse.

I'm another West Vest fan. I've gotten comments because of wearing it to low-level softball games, but that ball ain't soft, and I've also seen a collarbone broken in those games.

[kylejt]

One of the bonuses of buying the WV and NB shoes is their resale value, down the road. That makes their overall cost less in the long run.

Good choices.

[Steven Tyler]

Originally Posted by Rufus

Thanks for the quick reply CT, your thoughts are like mine on price/quality and ability to get injured but it helps hearing it from someone who actually does this.

Follow-on question - How large a size of polo should he get to wear over the chest protector. He's a L in regular size so would XL work, or should he go up 2 sizes to XXL?

Rufus,

Shoot me a PM. I have some very good equipment, and uniforms that I will sell at a great price. You won't be disappointed for sure.

[DG]

I buy one size shirt, sized for plate. A little loose for bases, but not a big deal.