Umpire & Referee Hats

Behind every youth game is an adult in a mask or a whistle who will be second-guessed within the minute, and this collection gives that person the last word. The badges are UMPIRE and REFEREE, plain and searchable. CALL ME BLUE uses what players and coaches call the plate umpire, so it belongs on a baseball or softball field and not a soccer pitch. THE UMPIRE STRIKES BACK is the sequel pun umpire shirts have carried for years, BECAUSE I'M THE UMPIRE THAT'S WHY borrows the parent's last argument, and WITHOUT ME IT'S JUST PRACTICE states the plain truth that a scrimmage becomes a game only when someone makes the calls. THE STRIKE ZONE IS WHATEVER I SAY IT IS makes the zone personal, I CALL IT LIKE I SEE IT AND I NEED GLASSES adds the obvious catch to the classic maxim, and I'M THE REFEREE THEY TOLD YOU ABOUT reads like a warning label. The need is real. Babe Ruth League umpires fell from 6,229 in 2017 to 4,995 in 2022, and high school sports lost nearly 20,000 officials between 2018 and 2022, so the ones still working earn a hat. Every design is custom embroidered on an unstructured dad hat, and the two strongest lines, THE CALL STANDS and THE UMPIRE STRIKES BACK, each get a second colorway. A fine gift for an official at the end of the season.