Let’s talk MLB Rules. Jose Reyes latest Mets player to appear to me to violate rule 4.06

So look, I’m not a bad guy.  If a player wants to greet a former player, or a kid, or a random fan, or his mom, while wearing a uniform I don’t see any harm.

However, I am not in charge of the MLB Rulebook.  You know who is? Sandy Alderson.

These are not rules that I have made up.  These are rules from a rules committee that Sandy Alderson is chairperson of.

As you can see above, rule 4.06 says that players in uniform, and Jose Reyes does appear to be in uniform, shall not mingle with spectators before, during, or after a game.  So the rule basically says at any time if you’re in uniform.

David Wright, on the other hand, is not in uniform (as he is wearing a sweatshirt which is not part of the uniform) so he can mingle with whoever he wants.

Is the rule dumb?  Possibly.  Is it a rule?  It appears on.  Should it be removed? Take that up with the Chairperson.

While we’re discussing rules, I find it very very strange that MLB is looking the other way on this one.

Night after night I see not just Mets but other teams walking around, including mound visits (!), in these non uniform tops.

Once again, maybe the rule is silly but it appears to be a rule, and the players’ union agreed to it in the CBA which goes out of its way to say INCLUDING THE UNIFORM TOP.

With Sandy on the rules committee it’s a weird thing to me that the Mets regularly blow off this rule night after night.

Finally, let’s talk about this guy….

I often see him in the dugout appearing not to be in uniform, possibly not wearing the uniform top.

He preaches playing the game the right way.  Then let’s follow the rules.  Clearly he’s letting his pitching staff ignore rules.  That’s a discipline thing.  I don’t mean that they should be punished, I mean in terms of how one carries himself.  Be disciplined.  Wear the uniform.

Back to Mr. Alderson – I imagine in the Marine Corps that Sandy got a good appreciation of procedure, rules and respecting authority.  But hey if the manager doesn’t have to wear a uniform, why should the star pitcher wear one?   It starts at the top.

I know most of you don’t care and think I’m crazy on all this.  Fair enough, I just want to know why these things are in the rulebook in the first place.