hey STU. I'm neighbors with you. In the Sacramento area you are expected to have different sets of shirts. the people who don't are definetly looked down upon.

'Cause I have lots of gray pants!

Might not be valid for you, but it is for me! ;)

As of this moment in time, I own 3 different logoed sets of shirts (note: "sets"), 1 set of non-logoed shirts, in four different color combinations. 2 sets of logoed hats and 2 sets of non-logoed hats in two different colors. Locally, all require gray pants, thankfully. (See, Mike, valid for me! :) ). With local fastpitch sanctioning politics, I expect I'll be buying yet another set of shirts for this summer.

It goes with the territory.

Rubbish. But if you believe that, you better get rid of your shoes because if the field is that bad, your shoes are going to look either brown or grey when you come off.

And if you want to get picky, I'd rather get a little easy-to-remove dirt on my pants than deal with the non-forgiving greys in the heat of the summer.

And if you only worked ASA, I would be more likely to accept your "excuse".

However, you don't, so that pretty much kills your "personal" reason. :D

Well, I work a bunch of different sanctioning bodies too. So I have both grays and blues. I prefer the navy blue pants, if for no other reason - they hide the sweat marks better. I also think the blues look better than the various shades of gray.

Reminds me of an old Grateful Dead song...

Anyway, there is no way around this issue. Even the ASA's "buy from us" policy for Nationals doesn't solve the problem because the gray color fades so quickly.

Yeah, I knew you were "speaking ASA" on this one... ;)

Actually, that isn't to what I was referring.

My point would be if you work the organization, you can afford to buy THEIR uniform and not expect someone else for your convenience and savings.

I don't, as I said, it goes with the territory. Guess you aren't seeing the (intended) humor in my response. Bunches of different shirts, different hats, but thank goodness I only have one color of britches!

I wish I only had 2 sets of shirts. Every association here has their own patch and color. I take up the whole coat closet in uniforms alone. Hats are also different for every group. I have a whole box of hats for the different sets. I am just thankful to the guy who showed me that I can use an 8 stitch behind the plate.

HA! :D

I found that out quite by accident a few years ago when I forgot my plate hat and only had a base hat in the car. It worked fine!

Maybe I'll find that guy. I still can't wear an 8-stitch behind the plate.

Serg

I can wear an 8 stitch at the plate but I do not like how it looks, so I go with a 6 stitch instead. I wear a "low profile" mask and the 8 stitch has a tendency to stick out in front. I am able to remove the mask w/o a problem, and if I had a traditional mask I would be all about the 8 stitch.


My mask:
http://www.gerrydavis.com/Merchant2/...egory_Code=MSK

Bring your hat and mask tonight and I'll show you how to do it. I've never owned anything smaler than an 8-stitch including the 22 years I did baseball and when I did FP softball.