For All You Catchers & Soft CP -wearing Dudes, Cyber Monday is Here!

[MadMax]

... and you better be on Ump-Attire.com buying a new CP!!!

Really. $40. Forty Dollars and a few days of waiting on shipping it to you is all it takes to stop looking like a yutz, a schmuck or a doofus, and putting yourself at increased risk of injury. I was a catcher, and I used my ol' catcher's CP for my first year of umpiring... Forget it. Might as well wear a sheet of cardboard. Are you using a cheap softee-shell that you got from the local sporting goods store? Makes you look like a meatball? Pfffft... Donate it to the nearest tae-kwon-do or martial arts studio for use as a sparring vest, for all the good it'll do you in baseball. Own a DavisShield?... ... ... You may be beyond hope.

That Champion Hardshell CP sitting there, offered by U-A, is the ideal entry-level CP. Hard plastic carapace, contoured body panels, segmented padded liner/vest, decent hardware, substantial shoulders, but no-where near as hulking as a WestVest nor as pricey as the better CP's. You don't need a sports car for the daily commute, right? You just need a simple, reliable hatchback or coupe for the daily drive to save up for and get the sports car someday! This is that commuter car.

Heck, it even has a better harness than most of the other, more expensive CP's come stock equipped with! But don't stop there, I advise you... Get it, and with a few extra bucks, purchase a Flex-style harness for it. The Force3 Flex isn't bad; the All-Star DeltaFlex is good, but it only fits slim-to-average builds on a non-All-Star CP like this; but if you want to think serious, contact @Razzer and commission one of his ULFH "RayFlex" units. You can take it with you into that sports-car CP you'll one day get, and if you get it personalized (you should! Ray includes it in the cost), you're allowed to feel a little vain and self-serving at Christmas.

And I better not catch you wearing Catchers' Shinguards either, mister! Those Champion shinguards offered on sale alongside the CP? Those will work swell. You'll actually be able to move in them without toeflaps and sideflaps flopping all out the bottom of your pants... Oh, and you'll actually be able to fit some good pants over them, because these are nowhere near as bulky as catchers' shinguards.

Now, where is @gnhbua93 hiding so as to talk up the fact that U-A is offering the Force3 Defender V2 on sale, too?!!!

PS- Go ahead and get the '15 All-Black Umpire shirt, especially at that price, if all you've got is that lone Navy shirt that some ol' codger in your association said "This 'ere navy one is all ya need!". Those of us with all the different styles of black umpire shirts (there are 4) won't mind. We'll work a game with you, no sweat!

[gnhbua93]

That's awesome because they are giving an excellent bag with the purchase. And only 3 out of 4 left. So somebody was savvy enough on making a great investment for his face.

[BT_Blue]

And now Ray is starting to putz with the idea of adding graphics AND personalization to the RayFlex.  

Seriously man! I am starting to run out of reasons to hold off getting one.

[Razzer]

Here are a few sample I am having produced right now.

The aim is to make them available after the new year

[Stk004]

44 minutes ago, Razzer said:

Here are a few sample I am having produced right now.

The aim is to make them available after the new year

You'd probably get me to bite on one of these. 

[BT_Blue]

2 hours ago, Razzer said:

Here are a few sample I am having produced right now.

The aim is to make them available after the new year

 

1 hour ago, Stk004 said:

You'd probably get me to bite on one of these. 

He is going to get me to bite on one of these.

Ray, any idea when and if these will become available?

[Stk004]

17 minutes ago, BT_Blue said:

 

He is going to get me to bite on one of these.

Ray, any idea when and if these will become available?

"After the new year"

[conbo61]

6 hours ago, Razzer said:

Here are a few sample I am having produced right now.

The aim is to make them available after the new year

I'm in for a "Seams"!!!!

Just say when.

[gnhbua93]

I like "The Wall" design because that is how I feel wearing all my Force3  equipment, that Ump-Attire sells.

[Thunderheads]

11 minutes ago, gnhbua93 said:

I like "The Wall" design because that is how I feel wearing all my Force3  equipment, that Ump-Attire sells.

.......except for the bruises ....  

[Thunderheads]

7 hours ago, Razzer said:

Here are a few sample I am having produced right now.

The aim is to make them available after the new year

While I personally think this is cool ......it's odd as we as umpires look at this type of customization on equipment that 99.999% of people don't see  

[conbo61]

5 minutes ago, Thunderheads said:

While I personally think this is cool ......it's odd as we as umpires look at this type of customization on equipment that 99.999% of people don't see  

Think of it as lingerie for umpires...

[BT_Blue]

11 hours ago, Razzer said:

Here are a few sample I am having produced right now.

The aim is to make them available after the new year

 

5 hours ago, conbo61 said:

I'm in for a "Seams"!!!!

Just say when.

Yes... but which one?

I'm trying to decide if I like the Graphite or Digital Grey better.

4 hours ago, Thunderheads said:

While I personally think this is cool ......it's odd as we as umpires look at this type of customization on equipment that 99.999% of people don't see  

 

4 hours ago, conbo61 said:

Think of it as lingerie for umpires...

Holy crap! That is SO TRUE!

[smckin]

im hooked will be emailing you after the first

[Razzer]

Now that was entertaining reading

 

[conbo61]

22 hours ago, BT_Blue said:

 

Yes... but which one?

I'm trying to decide if I like the Graphite or Digital Grey better.

 

Holy crap! That is SO TRUE!

"Rose goes in the front, Big Guy"

[BT_Blue]

3 hours ago, conbo61 said:

"Rose goes in the front, Big Guy"

Or the cute pink bow.