The longstanding tradition of baseball managers wearing uniforms still confounds some fans since coaches in other sports do not wear the same attire as their players. In this edition of Reading Baseball, Pete Peterson explains why managers wear uniforms and takes a look at the evolution of uniforms over the years.
Reading Baseball is a series of original essays and commentaries by Richard "Pete" Peterson, editor of the St. Louis Baseball Reader and the author of Growing Up With Clemente.
