Baseball umpire pants

[bob jenkins]

They changed the tag recently.

and, you can wash the previous versions. Dry for about 5 minutes (with the rest of the stuff in the load), then hang to finish drying.

[johnnyg08]

Yikes I wouldn't dry for that long. I can dry a full load of towels in my dryer in 45 minutes.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by yawetag

65 minutes? How old is your dryer?

Sorry -- 5 minutes.

Fixed the original. You just want to get the excess water out from the washer.

(I have a top loading washer. A front loader might not need that much -- I think it spins faster)

[tmagan]

I've been wondering recently why baseball umpires do not use the pants football officials wear these days considering baseball umpires have more foul weather games than football officials do.

[CT1]

Originally Posted by tmagan

I've been wondering recently why baseball umpires do not use the pants football officials wear these days considering baseball umpires have more foul weather games than football officials do.

I don't agree with your premise, but the reason football went to the current pants was to allow for "layering" underneath the pants. The old knickers made that difficult.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by tmagan

I've been wondering recently why baseball umpires do not use the pants football officials wear these days considering baseball umpires have more foul weather games than football officials do.

What's special about the football pants for foul weather? Maybe whatever that is could be added to the baseball pants?

[kylejt]

Originally Posted by tmagan

I've been wondering recently why baseball umpires do not use the pants football officials wear these days considering baseball umpires have more foul weather games than football officials do.

Because they're not classy looking, like a sharp pair of polywool slacks.

If you umpire long enough, you'll buy the Honig's/Hardwick pants, as they are the standard. It's just a matter of when, and how many other pants you purchase in between.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by kylejt

Because they're not classy looking, like a sharp pair of polywool slacks.

If you umpire long enough, you'll buy the Honig's/Hardwick pants, as they are the standard. It's just a matter of when, and how many other pants you purchase in between.

I would welcome changing the notion that dress pants should be the standard for officiating anything. IOW, I think football has it exactly right. While the PW pants look great, nobody would argue that they are especially comfortable. My football black pants are INCREDIBLY comfortable.

And I say that with 4 pairs of polywool pants sitting on the desk in front of me awaiting the tailor.

[kylejt]

Remember, it's better to look good, than to feel good.

[DG]

Gerry Davis. I also dry mine for about 5 minutes with other dark clothes and then hang from the leg end to finish drying.

[smoyer]

Are the polywool pants hotter than the other types in 95 degree weather?

[jicecone]

Originally Posted by smoyer

Are the polywool pants hotter than the other types in 95 degree weather?

In SE Louisiana it don't matter what your wearing during the summer, it's just freaking HOT.

[tmagan]

Originally Posted by tmagan

I've been wondering recently why baseball umpires do not use the pants football officials wear these days considering baseball umpires have more foul weather games than football officials do.

I think this April has proven me right.

[swkansasref33]

Originally Posted by tmagan

I think this April has proven me right.

This is April? I was thinking it is still mid-December...between the weather and the fact that this part of Nebraska has NO highschool ball.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by tmagan

I think this April has proven me right.

I don't think so.

Lots of cancellations, of course, but not so many "foul weather games"