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.

The New York Yankees dropped their ban on beards Friday, 49 years after it was imposed by owner George Steinbrenner. The change was announced before the team’s spring training opener.

For nearly 50 years, the New York Yankees’ facial hair policy stood firm—no beards, no long hair, just mustaches if you really needed a little flair. The post Yankees’ Historic “Tradition” Comes in Question After Steinbrenner’s Sudden Change in Polarizing Facial Hair Rule appeared first on EssentiallySports.