Uniform #'s

[njsoftballdad]

Been around softball for a little while, but certainly not as much as most of y'all. Overheard a a very knowledgeable coach at a game last night that as the girls get older (12U and beyond) he likes to stay away from single digit uniform numbers. I have noticed that the VAST majority of girls wear double digit #'s but always thought they had additional meanings etc. Is there some sort of stigma with single digit uniform #'s that I'm missing? In MLB, higher double digit #'s usually means you won't be around very long, but in fast pitch 99's, 77's etc are common place. Meaningless question I know, but was curious.

 

[Bubrox]

Could be so there is no confusion between jersey number and position number? I've seen umps and scorekeepers get messed up because of that.

 

[JAD]

When we order jerseys we let the girls choose whatever number they want as long as there are no duplicates. For some reason there are a lot of 88's....must be a lot of NASCAR fans who play softball!

 

[texas4life]

There girls choose there own numbers with us was well. No real team meaning behind our numbers just the personal meanings behind the girls reason for picking the numbers.

 

[canyonjoe]

We have a few 2,3,4,5,7. It does seem that number 55 kills us no matter what team we play.

 

[quincy]

Our League does not order uniforms every year so all the players across at least 2 age groups have unique numbers. So the players are forced to use the large numbers. Basically the player is assigned, have a little choice, a number that is theirs as long as they play in the League. From 8U to 18U.

If DD moved to another Team or League she would try to get #78.

MS owned the uniforms and took them back after the season, numbers went from like 1 - 30 so DD had #6. Plus the numbers went by sizes, so DD had to pick a number 6 or under.

 

[Rambler34]

Same way for us. All our girls pick their numbers. We have four or five that wear single digits.

 

[peachyvolgirl]

When we order jerseys we let the girls choose whatever number they want as long as there are no duplicates. For some reason there are a lot of 88's....must be a lot of NASCAR fans who play softball!

88 is the number of stitches in a softball. That was the significance of Raven Chavanne's choosing of 88.


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[chinamigarden]

Remember if there is a dispute over a number, the girl whose daddy has a pole barn that the team can use, gets first choice.

My dd was #6 for the past 4 years or so.

 

[YOCOACH]

DD loves her #42. I don't know why but she's had that number for the last 11 years.