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Five months after the franchise's decades-long ban on beards was lifted, little attention is paid to who has - or hasn't - ...
To help turn things around, a group of players inside the Orioles clubhouse started a mustache movement this week.
The New York Yankees' beard policy prevented them from signing players, says a World Series champion reliever.
His team photo for the Yankees had made waves at the onset of spring training when he still sported some facial hair despite the ban. The rule had drawn criticism from various players over the years.
On Feb. 15, 1999 Cincinnati Reds President Marge Schott lifted the team’s ban on facial hair, allowing new acquisition Greg Vaughn to keep his goatee.
It was part of Yankees lore. No names on the back of the uniform. No beards. No hair past the uniform collar. “I totally respect why they did it,’’ said Jed Hoyer, Cubs president of baseball ...
10 Yankees players who were most impacted by team's facial hair policy: Johnny Damon, Randy Johnson, more With the Yankees lifting their ban on beards, we're looking at 10 notable players who were ...
The New York Yankees have altered their long-standing and strict facial hair policy, clearing the way for players to have well-groomed beards, the Major League Baseball team said on Friday.
Yankees announcer Michael Kay said the team's facial hair policy change announced Friday was "seismic" and "shocked the baseball world" ...
The strict facial hair rule had been in place since the 1970s. “In recent weeks I have spoken to a large number of former and current Yankees — spanning several eras — to elicit their ...