Yankees End 50-Year Ban on Beards in Historic Policy Shift

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For more than fifty years, New York Yankees players were strictly forbidden from wearing beards and long hair. But one of the most remarkable traditions in sports is coming to an end. When the new baseball season begins in America next month, the Yankees will no longer have to walk around like choirboys.

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Mariano Rivera and Bernie Williams had to shave. So did Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez.

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MLB: Yankees change facial hair policy to allow 'well-groomed beards' | ABS-CBN Sports

It's a hair-raising situation, but the New York Yankees have had to face facts.

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Yankees mocked over press conference announcing reversal of beard ban

The New York Yankees will allow beards for the first time in 49 years, after owner Hal Steinbrenner removed a policy implemented by his father at the Major League Baseball club in 1976.

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Yankees drop ban on beards, 49 years after it was imposed

TAMPA, Florida — The New York Yankees dropped their ban on beards Friday, 49 years after it was imposed by owner George Steinbrenner, in a move aimed to improve player recruitment as the team tries to win its first World Series title since 2009. Current owner Hal Steinbrenner, son of The Boss, announced the change Friday before the team’s spring training opener. He called the ban “outdated” and “somewhat unreasonable.” READ: Yankees have minted …

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By Jill Martin, Jamie Barton and Kyle Feldscher, CNN Aaron Judge with a beard? With the New York Yankees team reversing a decades-old rule, that might be possible. Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner announced Friday that the team has amended its facial hair policy to allow “well-groomed beards.” It’s a move that reverses a longstanding mandate by Steinbrenner’s father, George Steinbrenner, who bought the team in 1973. He owned the…