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Old Sat Jul 22, 2006, 07:45pm
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I respectfully disagree with you on this. The rule in question, 3.2.6 states:

For INDIVIDUAL players, uniform sleeve lengths may vary.

To me, this means that each individual player can dictate whether they are cold or hot and can wear sleeve lengths to their INDIVIDUAL tastes.

The rule contiues:
However, sleeves of EACH INDIVIDUAL player shall be approximately the same length and shall not be ragged, frayed or slit.

Again, to me, this says that while they can determine their own sleeve length, they can't have a long sleeve on the right arm and a short one on the left arm.

This rule does NOT (IMO) discuss the TEAM'S sleeve length - but the INDIVIDUAL.

If you go up to 3.2.1 it states something about Uniforms of all team members which is clearly different verbage from the words individual players.

I promise you in my game, if a girl wants to wear long sleeves and another girl on the same team wants to wear short - by my interpretation of the rule, I have no problem.
Larry,
I obviously agree w/ WMB since that is how I read it.
Did you know Al Strigle??
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Old Sat Jul 22, 2006, 10:19pm
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Larry,
I obviously agree w/ WMB since that is how I read it.
Did you know Al Strigle??
I don't even see how you can read it that way. It says individual player, how can that be interpreted as a team? It would say, sleeve lengths for each team member must be the same length. Since it doesn't read that way, I am puzzled as to how you can read "team" into that.

Al Strigle? That came out of left field - what in the world would cause you to ask that? I did know him, not well though. We went to church together and he was quite a bit older than I was. I played some church softball with him, but that was the extent of it. How did you know him and again, why would you ask me that (just curious)?
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Old Sat Jul 22, 2006, 10:48pm
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When we lived in Northern VA, Al and Renee' daughter was my wife's best friend and their granddaughter was my daughter's best friend. I got to know them through their visits. I asked the question because Al was a Baseball umpire so I thought you might know him. He is greatly missed as he was like a granddad to my daughters as well.

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Old Sat Jul 22, 2006, 10:53pm
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When we lived in Northern VA, Al and Renee' daughter was my wife's best friend and their granddaughter was my daughter's best friend. I got to know them through their visits. I asked the question because Al was a Baseball umpire so I thought you might know him. He is greatly missed as he was like a granddad to my daughters as well.

Sorry to catch you out of left field. Next time I will PM you
I didn't know he was an umpire. When I knew him I was not umpiring. He was a great guy from what little I knew him. Tragic what happened.
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Old Sat Jul 22, 2006, 10:57pm
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I agree but that is how Al lived. Life was something to be enjoyed to the very end and he did.
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Old Sun Jul 23, 2006, 09:41am
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This sleeve length rule is all about appearance, not allowing the sport to look like a sandlot game. I agree there is no prohibition against short and long sleeves on the same team. Pitchers often wear a long sleeve when others do not. No problem with one player's medium size shirt fitting differently than another. There are 4-5 shirt sizes and 10-15 player sizes on most teams.

The ragged, frayed or slit part is obvious and the equal length on an individual player is an extension of that although I don't remember a violation example.
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This sleeve length rule is all about appearance, not allowing the sport to look like a sandlot game. I agree there is no prohibition against short and long sleeves on the same team. Pitchers often wear a long sleeve when others do not. No problem with one player's medium size shirt fitting differently than another. There are 4-5 shirt sizes and 10-15 player sizes on most teams.

The ragged, frayed or slit part is obvious and the equal length on an individual player is an extension of that although I don't remember a violation example.
OMG! Did someone actually agree with me?? I'm so happy because I hate it when I'm the only one that's right!
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