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Fashion Police Interrupts Red Sox Game
Published 8/30/2007 by Matt Watson at FanHouse
... I'm not sure we'll ever get the answer to that question, but at least we know how serious Major League Baseball is policing this issue. From the Boston Globe: ...

Uniform-Gate Pisses Off Francona as Watson pull Bush Move
Published 8/30/2007 by digital-derek at SawxBlog
... to ensure that Terry Francona was wearing a uniform top is completely bush. These sort of things always seem to happen in the Bronx, and the fact that they're doing this as the game is going on seems really unprofessional. I'm sure this isn't the last we hear of this, but the Sox have more pressing issues at hand, like not blowing their AL East lead. ...

What's Goin' On Underneath Those Pants?
Published 8/30/2007 by Aaron Gettings at BostonsportZ
... I don’t care how many lackeys you parade into our dugout, or how often you demand us to show you our underwears… ...

Sox Wang Chunged 5-0
Published 8/30/2007 by Ian at SOX & Dawgs
... Terry Francona got a visit from the fashion police from MLB. Francona never wears his uniform under his MLB approved jacket he always wears. They actually came into the dugout during the game to make sure he was wearing it during last night’s game. Nick Cafardo from the Boston Globe has more on the story. ...

Friday Morning Linkin Park
Published 8/31/2007 by Parkes at Drunk Jays Fans
... The Boston Globe has an interesting piece (that's not ironic) on Terry Francona's top. Gibbers beware, because apparently, MLB is cracking down on managers not wearing a uniform top. ...

B&C Debates - AL MOY: Francona vs. Torre vs. Wedge
Published 10/31/2007 by B&C Staff at Bugs & Cranks
... . Didn’t lose focus no matter how far back the Yankees faded early on. Still didn’t lose focus even after mid-season run-in with the MLB fashion police . He’s got some pretty interesting personalities to deal with. The things my good buddy Curt Schilling said I had to mention: “he stayed true to himself and true to us as players and managed his ass off. I still think he’s the most underrated manager in baseball. Sticking to your guns is hard enough, but in a town where the home team is pretty much second only to catholicism doing so is even harder. We won because he made the moves he had to make, and because he trusts us to do what we’re supposed to do when it matters most.” Why Not Wedge: Too scruffy looking. Lucked into down years from the last two AL Champs and Minnesota. Lost the head-to-head series against the Red Sox. If they could have played better against the Yankees in the ...