http://blog.3n2sports.com A few words from 3N2's CEO, Sean Murphy Tue, 07 Dec 2010 23:03:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hope everyone is having a great December and managing to stay warm.  We’re looking at the low thirties tonight in Orlando, which for us thin-skinned Floridians is like an arctic apocalypse!  We wish the best of luck to all of our local citrus farmers, who I know have their collective ... http://blog.3n2sports.com/2010/12/product-alert-reaction-umpire-shoes-momentum-softball-shoes/ Everybody’s doing it.  Name a heavyweight company and chances are that they are offering some type of free shipping during the holidays.  Nike, Under Armour, Toys-R-Us? They all have a free shipping promotion in place. Many of these shipping promotions are one–day offerings or lead-ins to Christmas to attempt to ... http://blog.3n2sports.com/2010/11/tis-the-season-for-free-shipping/ Yessir.  Congratulations Neftali on winning Major League Baseball’s AL Rookie of the Year for 2010! For those of you who are unaware, Neftali is a rookie closer for the Texas Rangers who rode a record setting season to a World Series appearance against the Giants.  Neftali Feliz is 3N2 baseball.  He ... http://blog.3n2sports.com/2010/11/neftali-feliz-rookie-of-the-year/ Perhaps one of the worst kept secrets at 3N2 is that we will be releasing a new flagship baseball cleat in 2011, the Viper.  The Vipers are currently crossing the ocean en route to the Port of Miami and we’re like kids at Christmas.  Counting the days.  First, it’s ... http://blog.3n2sports.com/2010/11/the-3n2-vipers-are-on-the-boat/ [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84FcfQvvF28] If you haven't checked out my overview of 3N2's line of Reaction Umpire Shoes, I go into all of the gory details regarding why we have one of the lightest, toughest umpire shoes on the market.  As mentioned in that post, I'm a bit obsessed with quality control and testing. ... http://blog.3n2sports.com/2010/08/reaction-umpire-shoe-jackass-tests/ As part of our commitment to our customers, 3N2 strives to be completely transparent in all of our business practices. This means communicating the positives as well as the negatives of our product offerings.  We have recently been tracking a defect that has been affecting our Pro Turf Trainer Lows ... http://blog.3n2sports.com/2010/07/product-alert-pro-turf-trainer/ First things first.  I want to give a big thanks to the officiating community at large for rallying around the 2010 launch of our Reaction Pro Plate Umpire Shoe. We truly appreciate your support as well as the continued, and often pointed, feedback that has made the Reaction one of ... http://blog.3n2sports.com/2010/06/ceo-review-3n2-reaction-pro-plate-umpire-shoe/ What a great time of year. The weather is warming up, buds are breaking and spring training is in full swing. I’m writing this post on a flight to Arizona to meet with current and prospective 3N2 players and help facilitate one of our annual 3N2 photo shoots. Our player ... http://blog.3n2sports.com/2010/03/baseball-spring-training-in-arizona/ Today was a much anticipated day for us at 3N2, as well as for our very, very patient dealers who have been waiting on the first shipment of the new 3N2 Reaction Pro-Plate Umpire Shoe. Despite unforeseen production delays and an unexpected and unusually long customs examination delay in Miami, the ... http://blog.3n2sports.com/2010/01/the-reaction-pro-plate-umpire-shoes-have-arrived/ [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROf-NQN06PY] Happy New Year! Things are still fast and furious at 3N2 Headquarters in Orlando. One of our flagship products for 2010 – the Accelerate PT – has arrived! We’re very excited about this product. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Accelerate, it is 3N2’s premiere line of ... http://blog.3n2sports.com/2010/01/the-accelerate-pt-fastpitch-cleat-is-here/