Yankees amend long-standing facial hair policy, will now allow 'well-groomed beards'
The policy, instituted in the 1970s by George Steinbrenner, had forced players to trim their hair if they wanted to join the team.
Yankees finally end their archaic ban that's been in place for nearly 50 years
The Yankees announced they will be ending that ban on players having beards, mustaches and all other kinds of facial hair.
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Yankees Star Defies George Steinbrenner's Tradition, Sparks New Era
For decades, the New York Yankees enforced a grooming policy so strict it could make a military dress code look lenient. The ...
Yankees change facial hair policy, will allow 'well-groomed beards'
In what can be described as a bombshell, considering the policy dates to 1976 and was instituted by George Steinbrenner three ...
New York Yankees drop ban on beards, 49 years after it was imposed by owner George Steinbrenner
The New York Yankees dropped their ban on beards Friday, 49 years after it was imposed by owner George Steinbrenner, in a ...
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Former MLB Commissioner Fay Vincent, who played major role in Pete Rose, George Steinbrenner bans, dead at 86
Vincent was commissioner during the owners' lockout of 1990, and he handed down a permanent suspension to New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, who was reinstated by Vincent's successor ...
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Fay Vincent, former MLB commissioner who banned Yankees’ George Steinbrenner, dead at 86
Fay Vincent, the commissioner who banned George Steinbrenner from baseball in 1990, died Saturday. He was 86. Vincent died in a hospital in Vero Beach, Fla., after complications from bladder ...
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Yankees amend long-standing facial hair policy, will now allow 'well-groomed beards'
The rule had been in place since the 1970s when George Steinbrenner and former manager Billy Martin instituted the "Neatness Counts" policy, which forbid beards, longhair and sideburns.
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The Yankees announce a major change to their famous facial hair policy
The rule was instituted in the 1970s by Hal Steinbrenner’s father, late owner George Steinbrenner. “All players, coaches and male executives are forbidden to display any facial hair other than ...
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A look at some Yankees who trimmed their hair to comport with the team’s facial hair policy
A look at the hair of players before after after they joined the New York Yankees: Reggie Jackson Before signing with the ...
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Yankees' Steinbrenner: Dodgers' Spending 'Difficult' for Rest of MLB to Match in FA
Baseball fans who grew up during the so-called "Evil Empire" days of the New York Yankees under George Steinbrenner could surely never envision a time when the Bronx Bombers were the ones ...
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Yankees star pushes team's longstanding facial hair rule to the edge, draws social media reaction
The Yanks, of course, have had a long-withstanding policy since George Steinbrenner owned the team that players must not don facial hair below their lower lip. So, the lights out closer needed to ...