concertman1971

Have taken 90 mph+ foul balls to the all star mag and my confidence in it is 99/100. Wilson is a great mask and I would wear it, but once I put that AllStar on, I was hooked. I have just grown to prefer the Mag and don't have the room here for 4 masks (and 3 CP, and ..........)

Great condition. Thinning the herd. 3x All Star Mag (different colorways of course) is enough to keep the lady questioning my mask habit! See pics. *slight* ding from where indicator hits when removing. Great condition otherwise. $125 shipped lower 48 obo

Are you stalking me???

No play, No interference. Consider me schooled!!!

SIT- 2 Out, R3. Wild pitch/passed ball (not Strike 3) picked up by On Deck hitter, not realizing there is R3. R3 is NOT coming home. He may have taken a couple of steps towards home, but no attempt. My gut tells me to call B1 Out and end the inning with a $hitshow. I can not however, find the rule cite in the NCAA, BRD, or Jaska Roder. After reading all of these, I think I may have "nothing" if there are no runners advancing. Help!!!

Over on Instagram @ThighPro does an IG Live series called "10 questions in (about) 10 minutes". We talk to people in all stages of the baseball/softball game and this week we have a special Umpire specific guest.....Ty from Ump Attire will be joining us. We will talk about baseball and life. If you care to, all of the previous chats are available at ThighPro Instagram in the reels tab. There are some good ones, and I think this one will be no exception.

(sort of) I like to wait until i have asked 4 times for "3 baseballs please" and then when i have none, i stand there and say nothing while they all look at me.... then i say, "hey guys, we are on the clock. I have no baseballs and have asked repeatedly for baseballs and received none. I do not care if you bring me any, the clock continues to run and we can stand here until time expires. I have also given you all of the baseballs that i brought with me, and that is a total of ZERO. For some reason you must think that balls magically appear in my bag. They don't. All nine of you substitutes who looked at each other and then chose not to go get the balls that went foul, those balls did not magically appear in my ball bag." Usually at this point one of the coaches gets off his bucket, pulls out ONE ball and throws it to the pitcher. Magic.

If you are buying, I don't care HOW much you take games for!!

1st time I have seen a player wearing TW pads....just thought it was interesting, he is a Nike athlete for his shins/CP..

Agree with @grayhawk. If there is no action, or (for example) there is R2 and B1 walks, If R2 is standing on 2b shooting the $hit with F6, Im granting time before BR is on 1b. Also @834k3r I am putting the ball in play every time in HS/College. Just a habit that helps avoid issues.

Used about 3 games with my own insoles. Just a tad too narrow for me. Great shoe that shines up real nice. Traction may be the best out there. $45 shipped US.

I did cash games last week for the 1st time in a LOOOONNNG time. Game 1, 3b dugout handed me an envelope of cash, prior to game 2, 1b dugout handed me cash. Loved it. Easy. And my post game spot loves cash tips.......

yes. yes i do. 😀

Thanks @grayhawk PS....on the 3 man game at Area Code i didnt get "paid" for, i drank 2 game fees worth of bourbon!!!!

We all know this. But what do we do about it?? A guy text me (i didn't know him) telling me he got my info from a guy who knows a guy who is friends with a guy etc. about working 2 7 inning games one man on a Saturday afternoon. I said, I would be happy to work, but its 2 man, 90/game each. No reply for about 90 minutes. Lo and behold, he asked if we could do the games. We did. Please remember, there are more games then there are umpires. They NEED us. What you permit, you promote. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk

Pre-order is live. Code: UMPIREEMPIRE for 20% discount. Good through 8/12 Let me know if you have any questions

Pre-orders going up this weekend........... Some features: No cup pocket Available with or without pads Slightly different and lighter fabric than the shorts, but still that "ultra compression" feel Pads are a bit larger on the inner thigh, but no movement restrictions Non-padded "Campo Tights" are a great tight for every day wear. If you workout, referee football, want a base layer, etc. Waistband will be slightly different than the pic. (more like a UA/Nike style and size)

I think the only time I think I may want to wear a skully with my MAG was during some Pioneer League games this summer. Partner was wearing one and took the fat part of a broken bat to the dome. (Follow through break). I thought I was going to have to go gear up. He stayed in no issues. All I could do was wonder what if that had been me.........

@Velho if you have a head unit for an 87 Buick Lesabre in there, let me know!

"Pro-Chocolate" FTFY

RIP Ebags. My black Motherlode got a hole in it, They sent me a replacement one no cost. Glad I got the exchange when I did!

Not a CHANCE @grayhawk works 2 plates this weekend! LOL

HA!!! It is less about the prices/service fees/convenience fees/customer service fees/Prop 65 fees/gas prices/state tax/local tax/county tax/downtown corridor tax and more about the fact they want me to buy a ticket for a show that is 6-8 months out!! SH!T, I barely know what I am having for dinner..........TONIGHT!

My umpire shoe collection took this personally

at this level of ball, when the AC starts to chirp, I like to turn to the head guy and say "Tommy- who is this guy and why is he talking to me?"