Please ditch the blue pants

[Texas Aggie]

Blue pants with a light blue shirt looks HORRIBLE. Its even worse when worn with a navy jacket since the colors never sync. I know this is ASA, but the conference supervisors need to speak up on this one on you guys' behalf.

In Texas, the softball guys wear gray slacks with the light blue shirt. I personally think the black shirt/hat is the best looking combo, but the pale blue is fine. Any of you other high school guys forced to wear the blue pants?

Why is softball taking so darn long to get out of the 1970s?

[azbigdawg]

Originally Posted by Texas Aggie

Blue pants with a light blue shirt looks HORRIBLE. Its even worse when worn with a navy jacket since the colors never sync. I know this is ASA, but the conference supervisors need to speak up on this one on you guys' behalf.

In Texas, the softball guys wear gray slacks with the light blue shirt. I personally think the black shirt/hat is the best looking combo, but the pale blue is fine. Any of you other high school guys forced to wear the blue pants?

Why is softball taking so darn long to get out of the 1970s?

TOTALLY disagree.... the WORST combination is the grey pants/light blue shirt.....softball umps wear BLUE! The ONLY time (IF EVER) those ugly grey pants should be worn is with the NAVY shirt.

The Blue looks GREAT. Keep it.

[bigwes68]

Originally Posted by azbigdawg

TOTALLY disagree.... the WORST combination is the grey pants/light blue shirt.....softball umps wear BLUE! The ONLY time (IF EVER) those ugly grey pants should be worn is with the NAVY shirt.

The Blue looks GREAT. Keep it.

On Saturday in Knoxville, North Carolina wore light blue jerseys with navy pants. They looked just like the umpires.

That, in and of itself, is reason enough to ditch the navy pants. Umpires in general, whether it be baseball or softball, should wear grey. I don't know why softball thinks it has to try to be different in every aspect of the game.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by bigwes68

On Saturday in Knoxville, North Carolina wore light blue jerseys with navy pants. They looked just like the umpires.

That, in and of itself, is reason enough to ditch the navy pants. Umpires in general, whether it be baseball or softball, should wear grey. I don't know why softball thinks it has to try to be different in every aspect of the game.

Where did you guys come from? They don't call umpires "blue" for nothing.

The grey is unforgiving, and I really don't care what they do in Republic of Texas. The powder over navy is a good combination.

The powder over grey looks like something a group of nuns put together for a parochial school uniform.

And BTW, baseball is another game, why should softball even associate themselves with it?

BTW, the UNC blue is not the same color as the powder blue.

[NCASAUmp]

Hey, the uniform is better than what it was 7 years ago. Polyester shirts with big collars... Looked straight out of the 70s!

I think it's better than the USSSA uniforms. Black slacks with a red shirt? I did a USSSA tourney years ago in the middle of July, and I darn near passed out! Hot, hot, HOT!

Mike's right, Carolina blue is not the same as powder blue. It's *very* close, but I'm wearing a Carolina blue shirt today (I'm not sure why - maybe I need to do laundry more often). Definitely not the same.

[CajunNewBlue]

Since when did anyone start caring for umpire comfort? I didnt get that memo! and heck they cant even standardize baseball umpire uniforms. but if we are voting im with y'all on the grey slacks and powder blue shirts. navy is so 80's.

[radwaste50]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Where did you guys come from? They don't call umpires "blue" for nothing.

Actually from the history of the game stand point umpires were called "blue" when the wore white shirts, correct spelling is blew
ie blew the call
it is not a term of endearment

[bigwes68]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

BTW, the UNC blue is not the same color as the powder blue.

I was there all weekend. It was nearly identical.

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by bigwes68

I was there all weekend. It was nearly identical.

I worked at UNC for 4.5 years. Trust me, it's not the same. Close, but not quite.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by bigwes68

I was there all weekend. It was nearly identical.

And I watched the UNC lacrosse team, in their all-blue uniforms, chase the Duke players around the field in Annapolis this past weekend. It isn't the same.

[Steve M]

Count me among those who prefer the navy pants.
I've got all sorts of uniforms and nothing covers my sweat better than the navy pants.