Umpire Mechanics

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by BretMan

...One of the guys took it a step further. He wore his shirt untucked, then had the ball bag attached to a thin elastic belt worn outside the shirt. The effect was that his shirt was cinched at the waist, with the untucked tail bloused out below the belt. Looked like he was wearing a tunic or a toga. Probably the most ridiculous thing I've seen in a base umpire uniform.

We have an umpire who works the plate like that. Beltless bell-bottom slacks, untucked shirt, ball bag held up by a belt on the outside, gunslinger style. As I said yesterday ... I can't afford (for my own mental health) to get worked up over umpire unis.