Sell my Carlucci?

[Replacematt]

I've been holding on to my Carlucci, and now I'm of the mindset that it would do something else better than staying in my storage unit. Should I sell it, or hold on to it since there will never be any more?

[maven]

Are you a sentimental collector of obscure umpiring paraphernalia?

[Replacematt]

Are you a sentimental collector of obscure umpiring paraphernalia?

 

I'm more worried about it disappearing down the line. Buyer dies, family sells it to Play It Again, kid buys it, ends up in the trash.

[JaxRolo]

Just give it to me. I will take good care of it!

[Replacematt]

Two replies before someone said that. That's one more than the over/under.

[Txump10]

Sell it to someone on here that would appreciate it! But with the precursor of leaving it in a will to another worthy person if something should happen to them.

[maven]

 

Are you a sentimental collector of obscure umpiring paraphernalia?

 

I'm more worried about it disappearing down the line. Buyer dies, family sells it to Play It Again, kid buys it, ends up in the trash.

 

 

So you are sentimental, and I don't mean to be at all derogatory: you care about the thing as an artifact of quality and value its connection to Cece and others.

 

You should probably keep it, and modify your will so that someone who cares will inherit it.

[BRUMP]

Are you a sentimental collector of obscure umpiring paraphernalia?

I'm more worried about it disappearing down the line. Buyer dies, family sells it to Play It Again, kid buys it, ends up in the trash. So you are sentimental, and I don't mean to be at all derogatory: you care about the thing as an artifact of quality and value its connection to Cece and others. You should probably keep it, and modify your will so that someone who cares will inherit it. Ok guys I'm young so anybody care to explain to me the carlucci story?

[jkumpire]

Hello!

 

Subject: "My name is jkumpire."

 

Crowd: "hello jkumpire."

 

Moderator: "What do you do for a living jkumpire?"

 

Subject: "I do many things, among them breathe, eat, sleep, drink water and run an orphanage for lonely Carlucci Chest protectors. I have two as of now, and they need a third one to keep them company."

 

Moderator: "How do you know they need a third one? Have they said they need a new friend?"

 

Subject: "No, they said you can never be too 'lucci."

 

Drum: "Ba Bing!" 

 

Crowd: "Groan." 

 

(I'll give it a nice home)

[jkumpire]

BRUMP,

 

Cece Carlucci was known in many places as the umpire's umpire. For many years he was among the best umpires on the West Coast and worked the PCL before MLB showed up, and the PCL was as greatly followed in the West as MLB was in the East.

 

Evenutally Cece retired and started making hand made umpire equipment from his home outside Los Angeles. He made just about everything for umpires, from CP's and guards to ball bags and travel bags for umpires. Tradition was that everybody who got an MLB job, and many who got a job in the minors, would go visit Cece and he would make gear for them. And this is in the days before the West Vest. In those days Cece made the best gear in the world.

 

Cece was also a man who wanted to talk umpiring, with everyone. Even if you were a perfect stranger if he found out you were an umpire he would talk to you for days. I got his number and called him once to see if he would make me a set of ball bags (in the 1980's). We talked for over 21/2 hours over a land line, and I enjoyed the call immensly, until the bill for the call came the next month. If he was still alive we might still be talking over baseball umpire on the same call. A lovely man who made absolutely great great equipment and if you ever get a chance to get some, buy it.

 

I hope some other older posters from the West Coast who knew him would speak up. I knew him by repuatation and couple of phone calls. I just wish he'd written a book about his years in Baseball.       

[th3]

are the CP's still considered top of the line? I think I read that one mlb guy uses one...how does it compare to a gold pr platinum

[mstaylor]

The equipment he made was custom fit to each user and as stated, the Cadillac of gear.<br /><br />Sent from my C771 using Tapatalk 2<br /><br />

[dumbdumb]

BRUMP,

 

Cece Carlucci was known in many places as the umpire's umpire. For many years he was among the best umpires on the West Coast and worked the PCL before MLB showed up, and the PCL was as greatly followed in the West as MLB was in the East.

 

Evenutally Cece retired and started making hand made umpire equipment from his home outside Los Angeles. He made just about everything for umpires, from CP's and guards to ball bags and travel bags for umpires. Tradition was that everybody who got an MLB job, and many who got a job in the minors, would go visit Cece and he would make gear for them. And this is in the days before the West Vest. In those days Cece made the best gear in the world.

 

Cece was also a man who wanted to talk umpiring, with everyone. Even if you were a perfect stranger if he found out you were an umpire he would talk to you for days. I got his number and called him once to see if he would make me a set of ball bags (in the 1980's). We talked for over 21/2 hours over a land line, and I enjoyed the call immensly, until the bill for the call came the next month. If he was still alive we might still be talking over baseball umpire on the same call. A lovely man who made absolutely great great equipment and if you ever get a chance to get some, buy it.

 

I hope some other older posters from the West Coast who knew him would speak up. I knew him by repuatation and couple of phone calls. I just wish he'd written a book about his years in Baseball.       

Also worked the CWS in 1970.

[johnnyg08]

Matt thought I was joking when I told him that when he was looking to get rid of it to give me call.

[Replacematt]

Matt thought I was joking when I told him that when he was looking to get rid of it to give me call.

 

I didn't forget. I just haven't made the decision to get rid of it (actually, them; I have a matched set of shins) yet.

[Called3rdStrike]

Can we see some pics from all the carlucci owners out there

[JaxRolo]

How much would one sell for?

[Jglopez7]

How much would one sell for?

100 billion dollars