New Umpire

[ASA/NYSSOBLUE]

Originally Posted by drog008

I will be doing fast pitch i have a good amount of high schools in my area and the summer ball is pretty intense with the tournaments in the area.

Best gear to get for a first time umpire? Any suggestions?

If you will be working all that much, you should have no problem investing $2-300 in decent equipment. Since you are in NY, Lester's is where you will you will be getting your NYSSO jacket. They have pretty good prices on their regular gear.

Here is what I have - I work up to 200 FP games a year:

Mask: The Wilson dynalite with the tan doeskin padding - damn its comfy!

Caps:about five ASA caps including 2 6 stitch - which I wear behind the plate, 2 8 stitch for the bases and a mesh 8 inch

3 blank - 2 6 stitch 1 full field for high school

1 Pony cap for the PONY tourneys we do


The Gerry Davis leg guards - very comfortable, light and still protect

The Spotbilt clodhoppers hi top plate shoes - lighter than they look!

New Balance turf shoes

3 ball bags - 1 blank 1 ASA plus an old ASA bag withthe elastic

about 5 indicators ALL metal and 3/4/3 - so Im old fashioned!

God Knows how many shirts - about 4 or 5 ASA and the same of the blanks, plus a PONY shirt. The ASA shirts include two of the dark navy blue

about 6 pairs of slacks - 3 gray (our ASA association wears gray) 3 dark navy

plus a 'holey' plate brush

sooo.... a lot of stuff to get!

Here is a link to our HS associations 'Links' page in which the webmaster (yours truly!)has a list to just about all of the good suppliers...good luck!