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Re: Nationals vs Rays, Game 3
« Topic Start: June 21, 2012, 05:32:08 PM »
i've never understood coaches wearing uniforms. 

I think Connie Mack was the last (and only??) manager to wear a dress suit rather than a uniform.

A guess: early in the 20th century, MLB rosters were looser, and a coach might be sent into a game if a player got hurt. Go through Baseball Ref for the career of Clark Griffith's pal and Washington coach / pitcher, Nick Altrock.

That's just a guess...but if it was done in 1912, there is no reason to change in 2012.

Biggest changes I can think of: much larger gloves, batting helmets, and that disgrace of 1972 (?), the DH. Artificial turf, but most of those ballparks are gone, thankfully.