Shirt quality versus pricing?

[Steve M]

Originally Posted by CajunNewBlue

I'm pretty sure he was talking about making the correct call in difficult situations.... not about wearing (ohhh lets see... just from this weekend's tournament) patent leather military shoes... pants so tight they ride up halfway up the shin guards...white gardening gloves (my personal favorite yes!!) hats on backwards (sigh) ballbags on the bases) and a myriad of bad mechanics. these are the things i dont want to be noticed for. now wearing a nice quality low priced shirt would be ok

Let's eliminate that patent leathers from that list. The other items are gross items that some basic training, if not common sense, would take care of.
I have worn that patent leathers, and probably will continue to in some games. I will probably not replace them, when the time comes. Regardless of the "standard", I do believe that they add to the positive impression I want to make when I take the field - but, as I said, I will probably not replace them and I will be semi judicious as to where I wear them as I do accept and abide by the "standards" of whatever sanctioning body I am working for.

Now, I've seen pants that were too tight and clowns with backwards hats - I think they're matched by players and other punks who wear their hats sideways. I've seen slow pitch folks with ballbags on the bases. But I have never seen white gloves on an umpire - what the devil is the reason for that?!?!