The New York Yankees have abandoned their half-century prohibition of beards, a policy that was archaic even from its infancy. Now I find myself strangely, unexpectedly bereft, stroking my own beard ...

No hair past the uniform collar ... “I don’t know how that rule makes anybody a better baseball player. Yeah we’re professionals, but it’s 2025, you should be able to express yourself ...

For the first time in 50 years, a team that takes pride in a clean-cut look will allow players to grow beards.

Donnie Baseball came up with ... in 1991 when he and three other players were told by manager Stump Merrill they were violating team rules by letting their hair down. Mattingly refused a trim ...

For nearly a half-century, the New York Yankees' facial-hair policy kept the visages of some of the world's most famous baseball players whisker-free. Over the past week, with a nudge from a new ...

The rule, which said players could not have facial hair below the lower lip ... [It] kind of stunned the baseball world," he said. One of the main reasons the team lifted the rule was because ...

The Yankees announced Friday that players can now grow "well-groomed beards." Since the 1970s, the team had forbidden long hair and facial hair other than mustaches. The policy had received ...

Since the 1970s, the Yankees have barred their players, as well as staff members, from having beards or long hair. George Steinbrenner, Hal Steinbrenner’s father and the owner at the time ...

No hair past the uniform collar ... “I don’t know how that rule makes anybody a better baseball player. Yeah we’re ...