All white base and plate shoes?!?! Who's doin' this, brothers?!?! Are you doin' this?!?!

[SeeingEyeDog]

Yeahhhhh...I'm thinking turf fields only here...what a cleaning nightmare...does anybody know make and model info?

~Dawg

[The Man in Blue]

No how, no way, no, no, no.

That is worse than giving Pudge a tuna fish sandwich.

[BLWizzRanger]

I've bought two pair of white Reeboks, trimmed in Navy blue no less, 15 years ago because they were my jam and I thought I'd save some money. Knees went bad, maybe because of them, lol, and never used the second pair.

Still got them. If the OP catches on, I might be able to pull them out or sell them in Japan.

Swmbo, whose laughing now?



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[grayhawk]

[834k3r]

[MadMax]

Idda know... 

As much as all-white shoes would be blasphemy, they'd be used before Labor Day... 

... annnnnnd, these do demonstrate that yet again, SSK cares more about us (umpires) than Nike ever has, or likely will. 

 

Could we get those plate shoes in black? They look a helluva lot better than 3N2s!!

 

Ya know, that brings up another deeply ponderous question... @The Man in Blue and @beerguy55 I want to hear your take on this... if Softball is soooooo ensconced in navy-everything for uniform colors, then why... oh why... are they so painfully particular about all-black shoes (same with mask-&-accessories, belts, etc.)?  
Wouldn't or shouldn't those shoes be... navy? 🤔

[boyinr]

I’d like to know if they sell the matching white belt to complete the Cousin Eddie look. 

[JonnyCat]

They'd go great with the tucked in jacket look!

[834k3r]

3 hours ago, boyinr said:

I’d like to know if they sell the matching white belt to complete the Cousin Eddie look. 

Yes!

[SeeingEyeDog]

Just going to add to @JonnyCat's vibe...by the mid-70s, the BeeGees were indeed a global phenomenon. Then 1977 arrived and gave us the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack which, if you lived in the US suburbs during that time was just mailed to you, regardless of the home's inhabitants musical sensibilities. That album was everywhere, even Grandma and Grandpa had a copy! The BeeGees were so ubiquitous that in late 1978 my beloved Emerson, Lake and Palmer released their dud entitled "Love Beach". If there was ever a worse album from a better band, I'm unaware of it. And with that, I give you the cover of "Love Beach"...sigh...so painful...remember this was a band who had H.R. Giger doing their cover art at one point...

~Dawg

 

[stevis]

Those are the shoes you wear after you've returned from fighting the Balrog.

[dumbdumb]

gee, and i thought they were marching band shoes.

[The Man in Blue]

On 5/4/2025 at 11:20 AM, MadMax said:

Ya know, that brings up another deeply ponderous question... @The Man in Blue and @beerguy55 I want to hear your take on this... if Softball is soooooo ensconced in navy-everything for uniform colors, then why... oh why... are they so painfully particular about all-black shoes (same with mask-&-accessories, belts, etc.)?  
Wouldn't or shouldn't those shoes be... navy? 🤔

 

A while back I had reported I wore navy shoes for a softball game.  I believe it was in the belt thread when somebody reported the "stretch" belt could be bought in a 3-pack with black and navy.  I have pretty well hit the "I don't give a $#!+" stage when it comes to scholastic ball and what they want.

Softball isn't so ensconced in navy that they let us wear navy shirts.  At least, not Fed around here.  Powder blue with the softball (navy stripe) collar only. 

Baseball has finally caved to "match your partner" during the regular season.  Baseball post-season, 

 

That said, I wear my navy "pro" pullover that I got on a Smitty clearance sale every time I can.  Wish I had bought more of them.

[AtlUmp]

Looks like Mizuno is also doing white umpire shoes.

And they have a navy version for the bases.

[834k3r]

2 hours ago, AtlUmp said:

Looks like Mizuno is also doing white umpire shoes.

And they have a navy version for the bases.

[BLWizzRanger]

With memory foam... all fashion returns...

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[AtlUmp]

On 5/4/2025 at 12:20 PM, MadMax said:

Idda know... 

As much as all-white shoes would be blasphemy, they'd be used before Labor Day... 

... annnnnnd, these do demonstrate that yet again, SSK cares more about us (umpires) than Nike ever has, or likely will. 

 

Could we get those plate shoes in black? They look a helluva lot better than 3N2s!!

 

Ya know, that brings up another deeply ponderous question... @The Man in Blue and @beerguy55 I want to hear your take on this... if Softball is soooooo ensconced in navy-everything for uniform colors, then why... oh why... are they so painfully particular about all-black shoes (same with mask-&-accessories, belts, etc.)?  
Wouldn't or shouldn't those shoes be... navy? 🤔

Got bored and did some light digging. Not only do they come in black, but they look better in black.

[834k3r]

Thankfully the plate shoes got rid of those horrific (YMMV) pyramids on the protective plate. Might have to try SSK shoes next time I get shoes.

[834k3r]

24 minutes ago, BLWizzRanger said:

With memory foam... all fashion returns...

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Your dad called. He wants his shoes from 1995 back.

[BLWizzRanger]

27 minutes ago, 834k3r said:

Your dad called. He wants his shoes from 1995 back.

They are sweet! You are just jealous.