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Yanks amend longstanding facial hair policy, to allow 'well-groomed beards'
This Yankees team is about to look different than any other in a generation. Managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner announced on Friday that the organization has amended its long-standing facial grooming policy,
A look at some Yankees who trimmed their hair to comport with the team’s facial hair policy
Acquired from Seattle before the 2005 season, Johnson trimmed his shoulder-length hair and was clean shaven when he reported for spring training. Owner George Steinbrenner greeted him by saying: “Glad you’re here. Glad you’re cleaned up, and glad you’re here.”
Five Former Yankees Who Looked Unrecognizable Under Now-Extinct Facial Hair Policy
Robinson Cano was on track to be a lifelong Yankee after spending his first nine seasons with the club that signed him in 2001. He made his debut in 2005 and played in the Bronx until '13 before the Seattle Mariners snatched him away the following offseason with a 10-year, $240 million contract.
Yankees get with the times: Club to allow 'well-groomed beards' after years of close shaves
The Yankees, at long last altering a George Steinbrenner-era policy on facial hair, will allow players "to have well-groomed beards moving forward."
Yankees, MLB’s all-time shaves leaders, will finally let players grow beards
The Yankees announced Friday that they are amending long-standing rules requiring their players to be clean-shaven.
Austin Wells: 'I Brainwashed Myself Into Believing' in Yankees' Facial Hair Policy
Catcher Austin Wells provided some insight Friday into his feelings on the New York Yankees' facial hair policy now that it has been relaxed. Speaking to Chris Kirschner of The Athletic, Wells suggested that he used to trick himself into thinking adhering to the facial hair policy was an honor of sorts: "My initial reaction is I feel weird.
Yankees nix facial hair policy. What other rules should go?
The New York Yankees got rid of a decades-long policy barring players from having any facial hair other than mustaches. Abby Phillip and her NewsNight panel weigh in with their own rules that they think should be changed.
Devin Williams gets candid about Yankees’ new beard policy and its free agency implications
Devin Williams spoke to Hal Steinbrenner and Brian Cashman last week to voice his preference for keeping his beard, but didn’t think anything would come of it.
Yankees’ Devin Williams met with owner Hal Steinbrenner over facial hair policy concerns
The Yankees amended their facial hair policy after it had been a topic of internal conversation for around 10 years.