The barriers to recruiting FA with a half-century of traditional discarded Yankees beards have been removed, and they say they can grow a shaved beard after arriving at the camp
Feb 22, 2025
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Internal regulations on face and hair styles, such as long hair and colorful beard, which were strictly prohibited for players, have been greatly eased. Yankees players were unable to grow beards under their lips and banned them from growing their hair enough to cover their back necks. However, I only had to give the impression that the mustache was messy.
Now I can grow my hair and beard to my heart's content.
Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner said on the 22nd (Korea time) "Winning was the most important thing for my father. If someone approaches him and tells him that this move can have an impact on getting the players we want, we can get the important players we need to get in the offseason. My father would have been able to do this more easily than we thought because it was about winning."
Some analysts say that the remarks may be aimed at the biggest Toronto Blue Jays Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who will appear in the FA market after this season. Guerrero is a representative player with a bushy beard.
The Yankees banned facial hair and long hair in 1976 when he was the owner of George Brainstarner, who died in 2010 as Hal's father. I thought long hair and long beard hindered the players' concentration. New Yankees uniforms, including Reggie Jackson, Jason Giambi, Randy Johnson, Johnny Damon, Miguel Castro and Andrew McCutchen, participated in the joining ceremony and spring training camp with clean cuts or beards.
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Owner Hal Steinbrenner will be considering the rule in earnest this offseason as it has been claimed that the rule has also affected the performance of Yankees players by prohibiting them from freely dressing up and expressing them for 49 years until last year.
ESPN said the inconsistent application of the rules, from `Goose Gossage to Thurman Munson, Andy Pett and Roger Clemens, is beginning to provoke debate for change. There were concerns that Yankees players might miss the opportunity to play for the Yankees because of their attachment to the beard,' Steinbrenner said after hearing the story last Monday, listening to active players Aaron Judge, Gerrit Cole and Giancarlo Stanton as well as former Yankees Ron Giddry, Petit and CC Sabathia.
Closer Devin Williams, who moved from the Milwaukee Brewers to the Yankees through this offseason trade, said the rule was "quite surprising to everyone." There have been talks among players who grow beards that the rule could be removed, but that's what happened. I'm able to grow my beard again."
Williams has never thrown without a beard since 2019, when he made his major league debut. But he arrived in Tampa, Florida, the Yankees spring training camp, last week and had to shave his beard. However, it is now possible to grow it again.
Yankees ace Gerrit Cole "That's a huge move. Growing up as a Yankees fan, I wanted to copy everything the Yankees do. So it was really cool to shave and be part of Yankees culture (after the Yankees transfer). But now it's really cool to switch to a different legacy and move forward," he said.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
