Don Mattingly agrees: ‘Times change!’ Yankees were long overdue to end farcical facial hair policy By . Jon Heyman. Published Feb. 21, 2025, 8:43 p.m. ET.

After nearly 50 years of oppressive appearance guidelines, the New York Yankees have finally loosened their ban on facial hair — Don Mattingly, let those side burns flow freely. Earlier today ...

The irony of Mattingly’s history with the rule made his reaction even more fitting. The Yankees’ facial hair rule, which had been in place for nearly five decades, required players to be clean ...