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Another Stupid MLB Rule

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by Smmonroe2

Major League Baseball managers will no longer be allowed to wear a pull over during games.

Personally I say who cares? Baseball is the only sport that makes the managers/coaches wears a uniform. Why? Are they going to play? Should they all be like Joe Torre and get a bat out? As long as the managers/coaches are dressed in team colors and appropriately it should not matter. In football most coaches wear a sweatshirt or some kind of jacket. In Basketball they mostly sit there with button up shirts and a half done up tie. In hockey most coaches wear some sort of suit. They do not have to wear a team jersey. They know that they are not going to play. They are the coach, they need to identify. If the coach is dressed the same how is an ump supposed to quickly identify them?

If any one on the bench during a baseball game that isn’t playing should be required to wear the full uniform it is the other starting pitchers. In hockey the goalie that is not playing dresses, how come the other pitchers don’t? Major league baseball needs to change their priorities and worry about more important things such as instant replay.


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Tyrone BriggsHall of Famer
312 days ago
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ccpiniella.jpg I had no idea that NutriSystem is now a league official sponsor.
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Jay100Soccer Kid
312 days ago
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Why does the mlb even care..Managers look fine already hell the day i see John Gibbons come of the bench and swing the stick and still have a pullover on is the day i write an email to the league about dress code.
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FrankDDiv-I Stud
312 days ago
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I think they should all wear suits. Zoot suits if they want to be risque.
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LASportsblogAAA-er
312 days ago
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I wear a pair of tan or black slacks and a team polo (jacket pull over if it's cold) and running shoes when coaching soccer. Alternately I'll wear our team warm-ups and t-shirt, usually only for morning games. But I don't throw on my shin gaurds, boots and kit and expect to be a 60th minute sub. If I need an athlete I'll grab Alex Holowczak. ;)
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Cougar2000All-American
312 days ago
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MLB has enough on its plate with the collective bargaining agreement that ends this year, I think. This is so damned petty it's not even laughable. Like it's going to even matter a rat's ass if Bobby Cox all of a sudden decides to wear a pullover. Some of the players wear the damned things, so is Bob Watson in his wisdom going to fine them, too? Let's stop wasting the fan's time and money and work to make sure that there's no repeat of 1994 (and I'm not talking Orwell!)
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XinophDraft Pick
312 days ago
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MLB managers are the only coaches who wear uniforms because they're the only ones who go onto the field of play during a game. So that answers that question for those of you who are unclear on that issue. Anyway, I agree, it's stupid to change the rule to ban an activity that only a few managers partake in anyway. This is basically going after Terry Francona and Eric Wedge, from what I can see. Anyone know any other managers who do this? Isn't it a little silly to change a rule to go after two people?
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JuTMSY4Legend
311 days ago
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it more has to do with their exposure in relation to it... Who did we see the most us in october with their fleeces? Wedge and Francoma...
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KelsdadAll-Star
311 days ago
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What's next, suits and ties with a headset?
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JuTMSY4Legend
311 days ago
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matching underwear?
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Getupandgosports.comSoccer Kid
311 days ago
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Baseball is ending like football...they call the NFL = No Fun League,the way baseball is starting to do things. They will have their own little no fun league phrase.
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