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Cleaning & caring for umpire equipment
I could not find a thread on this.
Just wondering how other umpires clean and care for their equipment. What do you do when you have a day or more between games? What do you do when you are doing a tournament, have done a plate and base and only have a 1 game break before doing another plate and base? I know there are some who have enough shirts and pants to do several games a day. I think most of us don't have several pairs of shoes (plate and/or base), leg guards, chest protectors, masks, etc. If you don't umpire all year how do you store your equipment?
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In tournies, a liberal usage of Fabreze, or something similar helps. If changing facilities are the car, I leave stuff on top of car to dry/air out. Shoes get a brushing if dusty, if muddy use a spray bottle of water and paper towels, then the liquid polish will dry between games. For storage (only store about a month or so) I just clean everything and hang up in a closet that is dedicated solely to umpire gear. |
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I only do weekend tournys & HS (Fall). Some things that I do (and I'm cheap uh frugal) Hats - I always spray my hats down with water from a spray bottle to wash the salt stains off after the game or during break (3 man rotation)- they don't look nasty & I store them in one of those $4.00 ball cap things you can use in your dishwasher - helps to keep their shape Shirts - I do the same as above to get rid of salt stains and hang them from my truck or on a fence with a clothes hanger - then I spray Fabreeze on them. The 1.5 hour break the shirt is dry. I do use at least 2 shirts a day if not more (3) - ITS AN INVESTMENT Pants - I switch out pants during my off game - so the waist airs out & brush off the legs with a dry cloth napkin or towel (we use gray slacks) on break Chest Protector - I hang it up with a hanger to get good circ. to dry and spray Fabreeze on that also. Shoes - Good polish every morning & then a spray of water and a good wipe with a rag after that &/or more polish prior to the 'ship. Both plate & base. Between Tourny's - I always put my equipment back in the same bin prior to leaving the field - this way I know where it is ALL the time. I wash my own uni's and also put in a bin and place in my truck - so I know I have all my stuff. Since I began this ritual - I never worry if I left something home since most of my tourny's are 2 hours away from my house. Winter Storage - put all stuff in plastic & covered tubs so you don't find out until spring that mice were living in your base shoes - now you know why the plastic bins LOLOLOLOL I am sure there are other guys with more expirence that can offer better/additional tips. |
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a couple of times a year I use a water hose and a bucket of dish soap and clean the protector mask guards real good and hang dry them. Other times I do a "wipe down" as needed.
Normal care like the above for the hats shirts etc during tourney weekends.
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Last year I ran into umpires who wore hats on which the ASA letters were particularly "dirty". I finally realized that it was the pads from their masks which stained the letters and the only way I could figure out how that happened was the umpire was using some type of polish or oil on the pads.
Anyone else ever run into something like this?
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