4/20 15:34: Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times says that the fashion police..  um..  I mean MLB, has allowed Maddon to wear the hoodie.  Hoodie lovers rejoice!

4/19 20:55: The Associated Press reports that Major League Baseball has told Rays manager Joe Maddon that  he cannot wear his favorite hoodie during games.

Baseball reissued a memo last Friday saying managers and coaches could only wear jerseys or outerwear OK’d by MLB.

“The thing is we’ve been doing it for several years now and they’ve really cleaned them up,” Maddon said.

“There was a time where they first did it, it was more of — the quality was less. The quality has been raised, it’s more of a shiny kind of material now that I know presents well. I’ve seen them on TV, it presents really well. I have no idea why this is happening. For me, it’s just a comfortable thing. I’ve always worn hoodies,” the Rays manager said.

Despite enjoying how the hoodie feels, Maddon said he’ll abide by the rules.