Why do baseball managers wear uniforms?

[nobody 2,673]

I don't watch baseball, but I was watching Moneyball the other day and the manager was played by Phillip Seymour Hoffman and he looked absolutely ridiculous walking around in a baseball uniform.  

It got me wondering why they wear uniforms to begin with.

[listen2me 23 1,873]

2 minutes ago, nobody said:

I don't watch baseball, but I was watching Moneyball the other day and the manager was played by Phillip Seymour Hoffman and he looked absolutely ridiculous walking around in a baseball uniform.  

It got me wondering why they wear uniforms to begin with.

I have zero idea.  

Im thinking something like managers also played waaay back?   Not sure tho.  

[MDC 7,428]

I think it’s hilarious to make a 60-y/o man dress like a little boy.  

[posty 2,700]

Player/Manager in the past...  Tradition...

[Cdub100 3,908]

At this point are they really wearing uniforms? At most it's baseball pants

[weepaws 3,193]

I believe from learning the history of the great game, that in the early days of baseball, they didn’t have a on field manager, they were called a captain, and that he was a regular player and the leader of the team, but called the teams captain.   

Sounds good to me.  Thanks.