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Yankees closer reacts to new facial hair policy: 'Everyone was kind of stunned'
That policy continued for nearly 50 years, but the winds of change are blowing in New York. On Friday, George Steinbrenner's ...
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Powerful MLB owner pushes salary floor, igniting CBA talks
That negotiations are making headlines in February — before spring training is in full swing — says plenty about the tensions ...
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New York Yankees facial hair policy ditched for surprising reason
George Steinbrenner adopted the New York Yankees facial hair policy in 1976, announcing that Yankees players were banned from ...
Greg Cote’s Hot Button Top 10: Messi, Miami salvage tie in MLS opener, plus Heat, Bronx beards & more
Greg Cote’s Hot Button Top 10, the weekly Sunday notes column, finds the funny, damnable and offbeat in sports ...
Farewell to the Yankees’ 50-year-old beard rule. Plus, why 4 Nations worked
Baseball Prospectus projects 87 wins. FanGraphs projects 84, which likely misses the postseason. The Astros will run the league’s seventh-highest payroll and have the second-worst farm system in MLB, ...
Aaron Judge drops the mic on players who wouldn't sign with Yankees over beard policy
The New York Yankees stunned the baseball world on Friday, when they announced they were bringing an end to their facial hair ...
Yankees Legend's Surprising Reaction to Beard Policy Change
At least one captain is on board with the New York Yankees changing their rules. Former Yankees captain and Hall of Famer ...
Yankees Changing Beard Policy Triggers Rant from Stephen A. Smith
Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner and General Manager Brian Cashman spent nearly half an hour explaining why they would now allow "well-groomed" beards during a press conference on February 21. And that ...
Yankees' Devin Williams helped change team's facial hair policy by meeting with team owner Hal Steinbrenner
Williams was concerned enough about the Yankees' rules about beards that he approached Steinbrenner and GM Brian Cashman.
Why Yankees’ Aaron Judge is torn on facial hair policy change
Aaron Judge offered support for the Yankees’ big change, but added, “If that little rule is going to stop you from coming ...
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Prospect Jones tees off as Yanks make most of second chance
The Yankees got a potential view of the future Saturday afternoon when an overturned call from the experimental Automated ...
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Yankees’ new star closer ‘stunned’ by new rule change
The Yankees' long-standing facial hair policy finally got a long-overdue update this offseason, allowing players to wear well-groomed beards for the first ...