Yankees Make Stunning Change to Team Facial Hair Rule That’s Been Around Since the '70s
The New York Yankees will have a new look after the team jettisoned its ban on facial hair, which 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 perspectives on our longstanding facial hair and grooming policy,
Yankees amend long-standing facial hair policy, will now allow 'well-groomed beards'
The policy, instituted in the 1970s by George Steinbrenner, had forced players to trim their hair if they wanted to join the team.
Study groups and bloused pants: The surprisingly rich history of the Yankees’ facial hair policy
In the late ‘80s, Livesey and Mark Newman, another longtime Yankees player development official, convened a study group of sorts to work on a manual that defined a Yankee way. Among those who gathered were Sherlock, Buck Showalter, Brian Butterfield; and future Philadelphia Phillies manager Rob Thomson.
Yankees Lift Facial Hair Ban, Ending Decades Of Tradition And Controversy
The New York Yankees have officially ended their decades-old ban on facial hair, the MLB team announced on Friday, Feb. 21. Managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner said players and coaches will now be allowed to have well-maintained beards.
The Bearded Bombers? New York Yankees To Allow Facial Hair
Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner said the organization will allow "well-groomed beards" effective immediately, changing a rule his father, George, established in 1976.
Yankees Newest All-Star Sparked Organization To Remove Facial Hair Policy After 50 Years
The New York Yankees shocked the baseball world Friday when they announced their no facial hair policy — which stood since 1976 — was being revoked. More news: Former Yankees, Cubs All-Star Free Agent Acknowledges His Career Could Be Over "In recent weeks I have spoken to a large number of former and current Yankees — spanning several eras — to elicit their perspectives on our longstanding facial hair and grooming policy,
New York Yankees drop their ban on beards — 49 years after George Steinbrenner imposed it
As recently as Monday, the New York Yankees left reminders on the clubhouse chair of each player to arrive clean-shaven the next morning for photo day.
Yankees Star Defies George Steinbrenner's Tradition, Sparks New Era
For decades, the New York Yankees enforced a grooming policy so strict it could make a military dress code look lenient. The post How a Single Player’s Defiance Helped End Unreasonable Yankees Tradition Set Up by George Steinbrenner appeared first on EssentiallySports.
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Yankees get with the times: Club to allow 'well-groomed beards' after years of close shaves
shilling for Mr. Coffee and embodying a form of American mythology. George Steinbrenner instituted the grooming policy in 1976; son Hal continued it after his father's 2010 death until Friday ...
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A look back at the most memorable Yankees clean-shaven transformations
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