Originally Posted by Dakota

First, ASA has a legitimate issue with non-uniform uniforms. That said, specifying the vendor only, and even working with the vendor to reduce lot-to-lot variance will not solve the problem. Differences in gray is caused by:

1) Different manufacturer of pants,
2) Not even using umpiring pants (Dickies, JC Pennys, etc.)
3) Die variation at the same manufacturer

etc..., but even if you control ALL of those, that does not make the grays all the same. Because heather gray fades, badly and quickly. You could buy two pairs of official ASA lot-dye-controlled pants, put one in the closet and wear the other for a season. By the end of the season, they are a different color. Except, maybe for you guys in Seattle where you never have any sun... ;)

Originally Posted by whiskers_ump

They really fade here in East Texas. Pretty grey where the belt line is.

Originally Posted by Steve M

I don't really have a problem with the fading - I see a much bigger problem with the shrinkage.:D

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Actually, I wasn't talking about the homeless, but more along the line of the leftover hippies still hangin' in San Fran and the other "beautiful" people that just love to tell others how to run their lives.

Originally Posted by whiskers_ump

My problem is the opposite. I have lost from 182 to 160 and 34 inch waist would slip on me if I did not wear the shirt holding belt.

Originally Posted by whiskers_ump

My problem is the opposite. I have lost from 182 to 160 and 34 inch waist
would slip on me if I did not wear the shirt holding belt.