Baseball umpire 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.