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    Post The scruffy story of why the New York Yankees can never have facial hair...

    The scruffy story of why the New York Yankees can never have facial hair...

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    George Steinbrenner wanted his players to look ‘neat.’ Fifty years later, the team still fears the beard, a silly policy endemic of an antiquated ethos that baseball is trying to get away from.

    In January 1973, George Steinbrenner, along with 11 other business partners, bought the New York Yankees. The deal was for $10 million, a bargain considering the team’s previous owner, CBS, had purchased the club for $13.2 million back in 1964. Steinbrenner had made his name in the shipping industry, dabbling in Broadway as well. But when the New York Times reported the sale of the Yankees, Steinbrenner was modest about his ambitions. “We plan absentee ownership as far as running the Yankees is concerned,” he insisted. “We’re not going to pretend we’re something we aren’t. I’ll stick to building ships.”

    Steinbrenner has been dead now for 12 years, but his fingerprints remain all over baseball’s most storied team. For one thing, his family still owns the club. But more symbolically, one of his rules continues to be upheld to this day: If you’re a New York Yankee, you can’t have long hair and you can’t have a beard.
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    https://www.google.com/search?q=spar...iJylUjY4UzBJxM Sparky had his trademark mustache while a yankee. I knew Sparky and his family well as they were our neighbors. I even dated his sister Marsha. He was with the team from 1972 to 1978 He also wrote a book while there THE YEAR I OWNED THE NY YANKEES OF WHICH I HAVE A SIGNED COPY HE ALSO WROTE THE BRONX ZOO
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    Steinbrenner was a nut. When the Yankees lost Game 7 of the 2001 World Series to the Diamondbacks, George was down in the visitor's clubhouse screaming at the workers who'd been getting ready for a celebration if New York won that it was their fault the team lost - claiming they'd jinxed the team by doing the work too early.

    I was surprised they got Randy Johnson to cut his hair and shave off his signature goatee when he was with the Yankees. Manager Buck Showalter had the same rule for the DBacks in '98, but when RJ signed in '99 the rule disappeared faster than one of Randy's cut fastballs.
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    I remember when the Yankees signed Randy Johnson, Steinbrenner said that he will not be allowed to pitch until he cuts his hair.

    Steinbrenner was an old school guy who enforced dress and grooming codes. I see no big deal with that.
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    If players don't want to comply with the club's rules, they need to find a new job.
    “Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue.” - Barry Goldwater

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cletus View Post
    If players don't want to comply with the club's rules, they need to find a new job.
    Sparky Anderson used to require his players to shine their baseball cleats. Some managers have a rule about how a player's uniform must be worn. I'm with you. If you don't like the standards your employer sets, either comply or sit-out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by montana View Post
    https://www.google.com/search?q=spar...iJylUjY4UzBJxM Sparky had his trademark mustache while a yankee. I knew Sparky and his family well as they were our neighbors. I even dated his sister Marsha. He was with the team from 1972 to 1978 He also wrote a book while there THE YEAR I OWNED THE NY YANKEES OF WHICH I HAVE A SIGNED COPY HE ALSO WROTE THE BRONX ZOO
    My typical Red Sox back then. The farm team for the Yankees.

    We traded away Sarky Lyle and got 2 nothings in return
    Let's go Brandon !!!

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