I've worn a number of colors except for white.  I'm really ambivalent when it comes to a favorite color, but if I had to pick one, it would be light blue.  I think the contrast looks sharp against the heather or dark grey pants.

What I don't care for are shirts that don't look good after a while.  When I was the UIC for our Seniors Baseball State tournament this summer, I allowed the plate umpire to wear whatever color he wanted, although I strongly encouraged the base umpires to wear the same color as their plate partner.  One umpire wore white, and he looked like hell after a couple of innings.  The shirt was wet with sweat, and picked up every puff of dirt that came by him.  It also clearly showed his chest protector and straps through.  No white shirts for me.

To a lesser degree, powder/light blue (I've been told there's a difference) and cream show dirt too easily, especially when a ball hits off my shirt while I'm doing the plate.  I like to look clean out there even during the late innings.  If the weather is such that I think my light blue shirt is going to get mucked up, I prefer to go with navy.

I also have a couple of the old shiny "dazzle" shirts.  Hate them!  They get wrinkled too easily, and you can see the chest protector logo right through them.

I do own a couple of pink shirts that I wear for girls softball games when there is a breast cancer awareness event going on.

I go with the light blue.  I find the black, although looking sharp, is way too hot on the stiffling summer days.   TM

I don't like the creme color.  Makes me look like I am doing softball!

I like the Navy or powder blue.  Black (with my EMEA logo on it) is pretty neat, but in the heat of Summer, no thanks!

Anyone remember the EL Beco's?  Whew!

Mike CVUA

I wear a combo hat for everything.  We have both black and navy hats.

We have a matrix to dictate what color hat, ball bags and undershirt to wear.

Navy for the "Navy Blue", "Light Blue", "Red" and "White" shirts.

Black for the "Black", "Polo Blue", "Cream", and "Gray" shirts.

Not everybody has all eight shirts, but you'd be surprised.

Most of the guys have most of the colors.

Navy is our default color, and must be carried with us at all times, so we don't get caught with two guys having two different color shirts.  If this happens, we simply default to the Navy shirt.

callblue wrote:

 

Powder Blue with Black Collar and Creme, both with White underneath are popular for Tournament time because of the heat.

White underneath??  That's the softball standard.  I've never seen a white undershirt in baseball.