Retaining Younger Umpires

[Dholloway1962]

Originally Posted by Dakota

Basic would be 1 hat, 1 shirt, 1 pair of pants (combo if you must, but around here you can safely avoid the 3 or so 2-man games you might get assigned to in some tournament, or just use your plate pants on the bases), get the flaps on the shin guards and don't buy plate shoes. But, you left off the chest protector.

Yep forgot the chest protector...not very important

So about $300 minimum to start would be a good guess I think. Here we get about $25 on average per game for spring/summer ball. 12 games to break even. I know that the cost is out of our control, but it's no wonder the younger ones don't want to do this.