Adam Rubin tweeted the following:
AdamRubinESPN4:50pm via Echofon
Terry Collins said “MLB put out an edict” — Mets wearing FDNY, NYPD hats pregame, but not allowed in-game.
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UPDATE 6:25pm
RADickey436:23pm via Twitter for iPhone
As far as I know they are collecting our hats in order to auction them for various 9/11 charities. For the families of the victims.
AdamRubinESPN6:22pm via Echofon
Josh Thole said #Mets players will discuss wearing hats anyway. “What are they going to do? They’re going to fine us?”
Ledger_NYMets6:35pm via Twitter for BlackBerry®
The Mets won’t be wearing the hats, Thole said. “As much as we would like to as a team, MLB is coming down really hard on it.”
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UPDATE 9:27pm
As the night went on it was reported that MLB’s decision was made by Joe Torre. Torre, pictured below, was the manager of the New York Yankees in 2001.
