Baseball, Beards and 50 Years of Yankees’ Reporting
For the first time in 50 years, a team that takes pride in a clean-cut look will allow players to grow beards.
Yankees Beard Policy Kept Free Agents Away, $6 Million Infielder Confirms
Just a few days into spring training this year, on February 26, the New York Yankees announced that they were ending a team ...
Goodbye to Baseball’s Most Anachronistic Rule
The New York Yankees have abandoned their half-century prohibition of beards, a policy that was archaic even from its infancy. Now I find myself strangely, unexpectedly bereft, stroking my own beard ...
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New York Yankees drop ban on beards, 49 years after it was imposed by owner George Steinbrenner
Williams, eligible for free agency after this season, had a beard when he played for the Brewers. “The New York Yankees are different,” Cashman said. “This is obviously a special place in baseball ...
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A brief history of beards and baseball after the Yankees lift their no beard policy
It was even a deal breaker for some Major League Baseball (MLB) players in whether they joined certain teams. Here are some things to know about the history of beards in major league baseball.
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Bananaball, Beards and bad caps: Baseball’s back!
Baseball is embracing silliness, with the Savannah Bananas thriving and the Yankees changing traditions, while humorous hat ...
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Yankees Part With Tradition: Beards Are Now Allowed
The team is ending its longstanding policy on facial hair and will allow “well-groomed beards moving forward,” Hal Steinbrenner said. By Victor Mather Mariano Rivera and Bernie Williams had to ...
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A brief history of beards and baseball after the Yankees lift their no beard policy
It was even a deal breaker for some Major League Baseball (MLB) players in whether they joined certain teams. Here are some things to know about the history of beards in major league baseball.