In the early ’80s, Yankees legend Goose Gossage grew his mustache longer as a way to flout the rule. A few years later, captain Don Mattingly, who also had a mustache, expressed frustration when he ...

Goose Gossage was the most unhittable reliever of my childhood, ending up with two rings, 310 saves and a memorable three-inning save in the transcendent '78 playoff game between the Red Sox and ...

In fact, he actually arrived to camp unshaven. Plenty of Yankee stars have rocked mustaches, most notably Don Mattingly and Goose Gossage, but beards have been a topic of conversation, and ...