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I ordered the the one with Dri-gear padding ... but they shipped the leather ... should it stay or should it go ?
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GIMNEPIWO - Posts: 4339
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GIMNEPIWO wrote:I ordered the the one with Dri-gear padding ... but they shipped the leather ... should it stay or should it go ?
"If it stays there could be trouble......if it goes it could be double"
Sorry.....couldn't resist. Consider it a "thread bump".....no charge.
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Coach11 wrote:GIMNEPIWO wrote:I ordered the the one with Dri-gear padding ... but they shipped the leather ... should it stay or should it go ?
"If it stays there could be trouble......if it goes it could be double"
Sorry.....couldn't resist. Consider it a "thread bump".....no charge.
Grassy A*s ...
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GIMNEPIWO - Posts: 4339
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Well it should be all black.
After that, the only thing I KNOW about masks and pretty much all decent equipment - its all personal taste.
After that, the only thing I KNOW about masks and pretty much all decent equipment - its all personal taste.
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wadeintothem - Posts: 1726
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What I'm asking ...is if you are doing 5 games on a Saturday ... is the Dri-Gear better or the leather ... and the endurance and stinky-ness of both?
Edit: I realize that I am seldom serious about anything so skewer me as you see fit ... LMAOWIOAB !
Edit: I realize that I am seldom serious about anything so skewer me as you see fit ... LMAOWIOAB !
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GIMNEPIWO - Posts: 4339
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I wear leather in the 117 Stockton swelter. Never tried that other fancy dancy stuff. Someone else may know.
As to stinkyness - You gotta keep your gear clean. I wipe my mask done all the time. I keep it nice and shiny black clean, I dont like a dirty mask so I dont ever have a problem with the "stinkyness". A few times a season I take it completely apart and clean it all the way. Your other gear - you have to clean it fairly regularly. Maintain your stuff. You'll run into umpires who havent cleaned their gear since 1978. It is nasty.
Five games on Sat means 2 or 3 games behind the plate.. I doubt you'd have a problem. It's over time - so maintain.
As to stinkyness - You gotta keep your gear clean. I wipe my mask done all the time. I keep it nice and shiny black clean, I dont like a dirty mask so I dont ever have a problem with the "stinkyness". A few times a season I take it completely apart and clean it all the way. Your other gear - you have to clean it fairly regularly. Maintain your stuff. You'll run into umpires who havent cleaned their gear since 1978. It is nasty.
Five games on Sat means 2 or 3 games behind the plate.. I doubt you'd have a problem. It's over time - so maintain.
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wadeintothem - Posts: 1726
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GIMNEPIWO wrote:What I'm asking ...is if you are doing 5 games on a Saturday ... is the Dri-Gear better or the leather ... and the endurance and stinky-ness of both?
A spritz of Fabrize will go a long way. Fabrize now makes an Antimicrobial version.- umpinva
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I'll second umpinva. Fabreeze is a must have in an umpire equipment bag!
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wadeintothem - Posts: 1726
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My DD who catchs sez last year the plate blue during one of her games had some kind of breeze happening ... don't think it was fabreeze by her description ... 
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GIMNEPIWO - Posts: 4339
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GIMNEPIWO wrote:My DD who catchs sez last year the plate blue during one of her games had some kind of breeze happening ... don't think it was fabreeze by her description ...
If I was the umpire and she was sure it wasn't my Fabrized mask, it could have been my MacMealBreeze escaping.
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