Comments on: Useless Offday Thoughts: Why Do Managers Wear Uniforms? http://firegardy.com/2009/04/21/useless-offday-thoughts-why-do-managers-where-uniforms/ Mismanaging games since 2002 Mon, 07 May 2012 02:37:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: sirsean http://firegardy.com/2009/04/21/useless-offday-thoughts-why-do-managers-where-uniforms/comment-page-1/#comment-2366 sirsean Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:02:22 +0000 http://firegardy.com/?p=590#comment-2366 <p>Yeah, but he wasn't that great as a manager. (Career record of .525, including his years as a player-manager and as a manager.)</p> Yeah, but he wasn’t that great as a manager. (Career record of .525, including his years as a player-manager and as a manager.)

]]> By: thrylos98 http://firegardy.com/2009/04/21/useless-offday-thoughts-why-do-managers-where-uniforms/comment-page-1/#comment-2365 thrylos98 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:42:09 +0000 http://firegardy.com/?p=590#comment-2365 <p><I>can you imagine a player-manager in modern baseball?</I></p> <p>the last one to do that was Pete Rose :)</p> can you imagine a player-manager in modern baseball?

the last one to do that was Pete Rose :)

]]> By: sirsean http://firegardy.com/2009/04/21/useless-offday-thoughts-why-do-managers-where-uniforms/comment-page-1/#comment-2364 sirsean Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:40:58 +0000 http://firegardy.com/?p=590#comment-2364 <p>Good point about player-managers, that did happen and in that case the manager would be required to wear a uniform. Because they're also a player.</p> <p>But given that they're not players any more (can you imagine a player-manager in modern baseball?), they don't need to be wearing uniforms.</p> Good point about player-managers, that did happen and in that case the manager would be required to wear a uniform. Because they’re also a player.

But given that they’re not players any more (can you imagine a player-manager in modern baseball?), they don’t need to be wearing uniforms.

]]> By: thrylos98 http://firegardy.com/2009/04/21/useless-offday-thoughts-why-do-managers-where-uniforms/comment-page-1/#comment-2363 thrylos98 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:01:14 +0000 http://firegardy.com/?p=590#comment-2363 <p>Actually there is a historical reason for that... back in the early days (late 1800s, early 1900s) most of the managers started as player-managers so they had to wear uniforms. The non-player managers were dressed in suits. Later when some of them gave the playing thing, still kept their unis... that's how that started.</p> Actually there is a historical reason for that… back in the early days (late 1800s, early 1900s) most of the managers started as player-managers so they had to wear uniforms. The non-player managers were dressed in suits. Later when some of them gave the playing thing, still kept their unis… that’s how that started.

]]> By: sirsean http://firegardy.com/2009/04/21/useless-offday-thoughts-why-do-managers-where-uniforms/comment-page-1/#comment-2359 sirsean Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:57:37 +0000 http://firegardy.com/?p=590#comment-2359 <p>I think they should be able to wear anything they want.</p> <p>If one manager is wearing a tuxedo and the other is wearing a Hawaiian shirt and blue jeans, I just don't care.</p> <p>And if they WANT to wear a uniform, then more power to them. (Even though I think it's almost as unwise as either the Hawaiian shirt or the tuxedo would be.)</p> <p>But I just don't think they should feel like they HAVE to wear a uniform, and I think they DO feel that pressure currently.</p> I think they should be able to wear anything they want.

If one manager is wearing a tuxedo and the other is wearing a Hawaiian shirt and blue jeans, I just don’t care.

And if they WANT to wear a uniform, then more power to them. (Even though I think it’s almost as unwise as either the Hawaiian shirt or the tuxedo would be.)

But I just don’t think they should feel like they HAVE to wear a uniform, and I think they DO feel that pressure currently.

]]> By: FunBobby http://firegardy.com/2009/04/21/useless-offday-thoughts-why-do-managers-where-uniforms/comment-page-1/#comment-2358 FunBobby Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:54:28 +0000 http://firegardy.com/?p=590#comment-2358 <p>The only reason I see for managers to wear uniforms is that they actually walk onto the field at various times. Whereas in basketball and football (and maybe soccer I don't know or care) the players return to the bench to receive coaching. Although, the trainers don't wear uniforms, and they wander onto the field a fair amount and they usually wear slacks and a windbreaker. Either way, I don't really care. It should be an all or nothing thing. I don't want half the managers wearing uniforms and the other half not. That would look stupid. Like showing up to a costume party without a costume, or even worse: showing up to a party you THOUGHT was a costume party but really wasn't.</p> The only reason I see for managers to wear uniforms is that they actually walk onto the field at various times. Whereas in basketball and football (and maybe soccer I don’t know or care) the players return to the bench to receive coaching. Although, the trainers don’t wear uniforms, and they wander onto the field a fair amount and they usually wear slacks and a windbreaker. Either way, I don’t really care. It should be an all or nothing thing. I don’t want half the managers wearing uniforms and the other half not. That would look stupid. Like showing up to a costume party without a costume, or even worse: showing up to a party you THOUGHT was a costume party but really wasn’t.

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