Stupid Question Of The Day

A ninny w/ a "tumblr" (What the hell is that, anyway? Do you have to sign up & give them your first-born in order to leave comments there? Fuck it either way, just more bullshit that allows people not to be responsible for anything they say or do.) asks

Random sports question #3:

Why do baseball coaches and managers wear players’ uniforms as they coach? No other sport has 60 year old men dress like they’re about to run onto the field of play and have at ‘em. It’s fundamentally undignified.

Prof, if you don't know anything about the game just keep it to yourself. Here's the fucking deal: In baseball, the first- & third-base coaches are on the field & participate in the game at a much greater level than some N.B.A. coach in a fucking suit & tie screaming "Pass it!" from the bench. And pitching coaches & managers are allowed to visit the mound & consult w/ the pitcher. So in a sense they are "about to run onto the field of play and have at ‘em". Except the "having at 'em".

In all the other major sports, a coach coming on the actual playing field/court is a technical violation & can result in penalties to the offender's team. No idea about hockey, but I'd guess not there either. (Plus slipping on the ice & hurting oneself.) Soccer pitches, I've no idea, but I can't see it being any different than real sports. Baseball being the exception to the other sports as far as managers/coaches on the gridiron/court/ice/pitch, now do you understand?

File this one under "Someone is wrong on the iNternet & I will not rest until his head is removed from his ass."