# Are MLB Managers required to wear uniforms during games? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 19, 2010, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-mlb-managers-required-to-wear-uniforms-during-games/536678 "2010-04-19T22:41:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-mlb-managers-required-to-wear-uniforms-during-games/536678/21 "2010-04-22T14:33:50Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > Can you imagine Tom Landry in a hoodie? I can: [![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Pk49mVrUKD0/R47Iq3QYdCI/AAAAAAAAAvo/wcrdNuYvjjM/s400/Ice%2BBowl%2B206.jpg) ](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Pk49mVrUKD0/R47Iq3QYdCI/AAAAAAAAAvo/wcrdNuYvjjM/s400/Ice%2BBowl%2B206.jpg) (I’m pretty sure this is from the 1967 NFL Championship Game, aka the Ice Bowl) ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-mlb-managers-required-to-wear-uniforms-during-games/536678/22 "2010-04-22T18:15:45Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I can: > > [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/\_Pk49mVrUKD0/R47Iq3QYdCI/AAAAAAAAAvo/wcrdNuYvjjM/s400/Ice%2BBowl%2B206.jpg](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Pk49mVrUKD0/R47Iq3QYdCI/AAAAAAAAAvo/wcrdNuYvjjM/s400/Ice%2BBowl%2B206.jpg) > > (I’m pretty sure this is from the 1967 NFL Championship Game, aka the Ice Bowl) LOL! Is that one of his signature hats underneath the hoodie? Great photo ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-mlb-managers-required-to-wear-uniforms-during-games/536678/23 "2010-04-22T18:24:35Z")
As a guy who coaches baseball at the high school level, I’d just like to say that my ass looks spectacular in tight baseball pants. Therefore, I am strongly in favor of this rule. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-mlb-managers-required-to-wear-uniforms-during-games/536678/24 "2010-04-22T18:41:27Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > LOL! > > Is that one of his signature hats underneath the hoodie? > > Great photo Looks like it might be an insulated hat,though it certainly has a similar front profile to a fedora. After all, it was -13F that day. I’ve been to cold games at Lambeau (around 0 or so) in modern cold-weather clothing; I can’t imagine how miserable it was to be there, in 1960s-vintage clothing. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-mlb-managers-required-to-wear-uniforms-during-games/536678/25 "2010-04-22T20:46:32Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > LOL! > > Is that one of his signature hats underneath the hoodie? > > Great photo Well, Tom Landry was always pretty candid about why he wore the fedora in the first place- he was bald, and it kept his head warm on the sidelines at chilly Yankee Stadium, where he first started coaching with the New York Giants. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-mlb-managers-required-to-wear-uniforms-during-games/536678.md?page=1)