Ever Wonder Why Baseball is the only Sport Where Coaches (Managers) Wear Uniforms?

Well, there was Connie Mack, but that was an awful long time ago. According to this Bob Greene piece in CNN, it seems the main reason is that in earlier years the person making the decisions on the field (then called the "captain") was also a player. (Manager's in those days apparently running the business side of baseball.)

http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/23/opinion/greene-baseball-manager-uniforms/index.html?hpt=hp_c2