Nike - Plate Shoe?

[BT_Blue]

Here is the link to the shirt that is approved by the state. THEY CANT EVEN GET IT TO SIT RIGHT IN A MANKIN BY A PROFESSIONAL!

https://www.gerrydavis.com/product/B05WA4678PR73/WOA-Baseball-Umpire-Shirt.html?cid=231

[kylejt]

That looks like an iil-fitting plastic garbage bag. 

[umpstu]

13 hours ago, BT_Blue said:

Some guys like them. I think they are cheap pieces of junk!

I will go out of my way to not wear it. So much so, I will go Phil Cuzzi with the pushed up long sleeves rather than wear that shirt. Or even better (cause I will wear this damn thing whenever I get the chance)... I will go with the zip off sleeve jacket.

I get the idea of everyone being uniform in style and color. No issues there at all. But when I heard we were going with Davis I knew we were going down the wrong road. Especially with single color shirts like Smitty or even Adams.

The shirts are terrible! If they crease at all (you know... like where we fold the collar over), the dye will "disappear" and show the white cloth. Even worse if it is on a visible part of the shirt! They are also double layered for some reason. So not only does it not seem to sit right while wearing it. On warm days that we get mid high school season (happens every year... rain to start and finish and 80 degrees for about 3 weeks in between) you are just uncomfortable because the "sweat wicking technology" on these shirts is simply ineffective.

I would much rather see the route that California has gone with their hats. Make us buy WOA hats and leave the shirts alone.

I don't see a reason to wear both a hat that says CIF and a cif patch that nobody knows is a cif patch. Nobody can read the small print on the patches.

[LMSANS]

Welcome to NJSIAA...

https://www.allsportsofficials.com/collections/njsiaa-baseball-softball

hats are only required for state tournaments. My association dislikes the black shirt for baseball and discourages it.

Only authorized vendor, although there are a couple of other guys to get it from.

Oh yeah....this style/logo is required for all sports.

[BT_Blue]

23 hours ago, kylejt said:

That looks like an iil-fitting plastic garbage bag. 

And feels just as bad!

[BT_Blue]

Could be worse... Oregon, though I don't believe they still do, used to issue new patches every year with the year on them. It was how you knew an umpire was certified that season.

[Mr Ump]

What if NB stopped making plate shoes?

[boyinr]

There’s still Smittys and 3n2. There would be choice.  

[MadMax]

1 hour ago, boyinr said:

There’s still Smittys and 3n2. There would be choice.

The pantry has been reduced to… saltines or Ritz crackers. 
 

Still hungry?

[MadMax]

On 6/13/2021 at 1:52 PM, LMSANS said:

My association dislikes the black shirt for baseball and discourages it.

Well, that confirms it. 

The Mafia is still alive and operating in New Jersey.

[Thunderheads]

back on track boys .....please

[tpatience]

1 hour ago, MadMax said:

The pantry has been reduced to… saltines or Ritz crackers. 
 

Still hungry?

I like saltines…

[Catch18]

With a blessing of SWMBO, I was luckily able to stock up about 4-5 yrs ago and scrape together 4 addt’l pairs of Reebok field magistrate plates (1 from here on buy/sell/trade), 2 lucky pairs on eBay and 1 off the wall mom & pop sporting good store in CT. Such a good shoe. Probably good to go for the next 15 yrs.

I wear a sz 14 and compared with a recent partner who wore an 8.5-9ish NB, and my Reebok’s were just abt the same weight.

But agree with some here - it need the big league guys to get a market going then it’ll filter down and become available to us underlings. Plate shoes are such a specialty and narrow line.


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[BT_Blue]

On 6/21/2021 at 10:28 AM, tpatience said:

I like saltines…

Ritz are good too. But I'm a fan of Triscuts!

[Stan W.]

The only person I know who definitely had a pair of Nike Plate shoes was Tim Christensen.  Tim C. or Tee (internet names) worked with NIKE to develop a prototype plate shoe. Now this was a long time ago, but if I'm not mistaken NIKE felt the market was too small for the effort and return on investment. That being said, Tim still had the prototypes.......

[Marcus6]

On 5/24/2022 at 1:41 PM, Stan W. said:

The only person I know who definitely had a pair of Nike Plate shoes was Tim Christensen.  Tim C. or Tee (internet names) worked with NIKE to develop a prototype plate shoe. Now this was a long time ago, but if I'm not mistaken NIKE felt the market was too small for the effort and return on investment. That being said, Tim still had the prototypes.......

At least 15 years ago maybe more. Miss Tee’s presence online.  Back in the day the Officiating.com forum was amazing 

[Stan W.]

On 5/30/2022 at 10:32 PM, FranklinT said:

At least 15 years ago maybe more. Miss Tee’s presence online.  Back in the day the Officiating.com forum was amazing 

between McGriff's and Officiating.com those were the days of "Dodge City" internet sites. Rough and tumble, yes! and it was clearly the deep end of the pool but there were some amazing contributors ....and some good information was made available.  Ultimately the personal issues made it untenable.   

[Mister B]

On 6/13/2021 at 7:17 PM, BT_Blue said:

Could be worse... Oregon, though I don't believe they still do, used to issue new patches every year with the year on them. It was how you knew an umpire was certified that season.

Yep, they still do. You pay $75 for the honor of being paid less that $75 per game. Gotta pass the NFHS test as well. I think 5% is a passing grade to work sub-varsity games.