Death to the Yankees hair policy

This post specifically brought to you by seeing this picture of catcher Austin Wells cross my Instagram explore page and realising how hot he is with a beard, as nature intended.

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This is how the Yankees forced him to look due to their fascist hair policy:
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The Verdugo downgrade has been discussed:

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Cole went from demonic
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to I Think You Should Leave:
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Why do they still have this stupid policy? Let the players have hair!

Disgraceful how in the after pics they’re allowed to keep their sideburns ffs

It's kinda hilarious to see these guys in their before and after pics sometimes, they look like shaved, embarrased cats.

omg Omar that’s exactly it

Johnny Damon :-(

When did it come to happen? They obviously did not have it in the 70s.

what’s weird is that mustaches have apparently always been fine eg ron guidry and goose gossage.. something specifically about the chin

i honestly think it’s a carryover from the “beatnik” goatee and its bad reputation

The terms of the Yankees' appearance policy were codified in 1976, when Steinbrenner and manager Billy Martin introduced the "Neatness Counts" policy, which specified, "No beards. No beads. No mutton chops. No long hair. No long stirrups." The policy has since been amended to read, "All players, coaches, and male executives are forbidden to display any facial hair other than mustaches (except for religious reasons), and scalp hair may not be grown below the collar. Long sideburns and 'mutton chops' are not specifically banned."Steinbrenner argued in 1978 that the policy was not specifically about a distaste for long hair and more about "trying to instill a certain sense of order and discipline" that he believed was important for athletes to maintain.

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Harper trying to be completely antithetical to the policy

don't forget they made cutch (a very Cool Man) cut his dreds

I had no recollection of that! That really sucks. Bob Marley must have been spinning in his grave.

I love Cutch but this isn’t true, his hair was already short that season.

I know this because I’ve watched this video a few times.

Andrew McCutchen's breakdown of Tuesday's Giants-Dodgers brawl is priceless 😂
(via @TheCUTCH22) pic.twitter.com/85qIpA7cdG

— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) August 15, 2018

Retracted!

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You cannot tell me this is right. Putting aside the fact that Dugie has perfect skin under that beard, you could also shrink his picture and tell me he was his own child and I’d believe you.

did they make him remove his dental ice too

Alex Verdugo is 100% the most Dodgers/Red-Sox/Yankees player of all time. The man was born with that top-team street smug; it is inconceivable he could play for any other team

Carlos Mendoza, a Yankee for the past 18 seasons and thus banned from growing most facial hair, is sporting a goatee for his first exhibition game as Mets manager.

“It feels great,” he said. “My wife likes it. That’s a good thing.”

— Tim Healey (@timbhealey) February 24, 2024

No player would benefit from a trade to the yankees more than Brandon Marsh

Okay apparently he keeps it long in memory of his father who passed away. I would like to formally retract my previous post