What Could Have Been if the Yankees Never had a Strict Facial Hair Policy

[Sports Card Arena]

What’s the importance of hair past the collar, a beard and sideburns? For some Major League Baseball players over the years – a lot. In 1976, former New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner adopted a policy banning long hair and beards. The strict grooming rules forced many free agent signees and traded for talents to cut their locks and appear fresh faced while chasing away prominent difference makers that could have brought more championships to the Bronx. In February, the longstanding policy was changed leading to “what if” thoughts. Former New York players famously had mustaches in decades past, all-timers […]

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