Flashback: Hair’s what Joel Sherman said about Yankees’ inane beard policy years ago
On Friday morning, the Yankees made a shocking change to their decades-old facial hair policy, which dated back to 1976 under George Steinbrenner — a move The Post’s Joel Sherman called for in a 2022 column:
New York Yankees drop ban on beards, 49 years after it was imposed by owner George Steinbrenner
George Steinbrenner announced the facial policy during spring training in 1976, mandating no long hair or beards — mustaches were allowed. Players complied but some pushed boundaries by going ...
The New York Yankees have officially changed their facial hair policy
Sports Seriously's Mackenzie Salmon breaks down the change in facial hair policy from the Yankees and the impact it may have on the MLB.
New York Yankees reverse decades-old facial hair policy, will allow 'well-groomed beards'
Managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner said the whiskers of Vice President JD Vance played a role in his decision to set aside the archaic 1970s rule against beards set by his late father, George Steinbrenner.
New York Yankees Finally Drop 49-Year-Old Ban On Beards
The move is aimed to improve player recruitment as the team tries to win its first World Series title since 2009.
New York Yankees stun baseball world by allowing beards for the first time since the 1970s
Aaron Judge with a beard? With the rollback of a decades-old New York Yankees team rule, that just might be possible.
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 ...
Simpsons star ‘vindicated’ more than 30 years after making cameo
Former Simpsons guest star and baseball icon Don Mattingly will be feeling vindicated after his former team changed an ...
About face! Ex-Yankees on Mets discuss crosstown rival’s policy change
New Yankees closer Devin Williams arrived at camp with the same beard he’s had throughout his career. When he was asked if he ...
Sun shines on Jasson Domínguez’s defensive woes in Yankees’ exhibition
TAMPA – Sunny skies made for a picture-perfect day at George M. Steinbrenner Field as the Yankees hosted the Tigers on Sunday. Unless you happened to be Jasson Domínguez, whose defensive concerns ...
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Yankees drop ban on beards, 49 years after it was imposed by George Steinbrenner
The New York Yankees dropped their ban on beards Friday, 49 years after it was imposed by owner George Steinbrenner. Current owner Hal Steinbrenner, son of The Boss, announced the change Friday ...
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Would George approve? Yankees’ Hal Steinbrenner allowing groomed beards, but keeps rest of appearance policy
TAMPA, Fla. — Decades before George Steinbrenner purchased the Yankees, the future Boss spent his high school years at Indiana boarding school from 1944-47. Later, after earning a B.A. at ...
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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 ...
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Tampa Insider Argues Rays’ Desperate Move to George Steinbrenner Field May Prove to Be a Blessing in Disguise
Hurricane Milton forced the Tampa Bay Rays to relocate to George M. The post Tampa Insider Argues Rays’ Desperate Move to ...