Facebook discussion: 1 or 2 ball bags
There's a Facebook discussion going on in an umpire page that has me completely baffled! It's a photo of an enthusiastic umpire jumping in the air, ....it appears while calling a strike three. Someone commented on how stupid it looked (true) but also said, .... "no plate shoes, and only one ball bag, what level league is this?" And then the discussion/argument started. Higher levels of baseball should have plate umpires using 2 ball-bags .....was basically the gist ..... I'm leaving my opinio
I've experimented this past season and have settled on wearing three. One on each side, and one in the back like a fanny pack. I tried a fourth in front, but it looked too much like a loin cloth and one of the parents complained to my association that I appeared culturally insensitive, so they made me take it off . Fine. I was willing to make that concession, but not without an argument. So in my right bag, I keep baseballs and my brush. In the left I keep a facecloth, spare clicker (yes, I
