The New York Yankees are changing a nearly 50-year-old policy that banned beards. Here are some things to know about the history of beards in major league baseball. ... But Steinbrenner's son, ...

TAMPA. Fla. (AP) — The New York Yankees dropped their ban on beards Friday, 49 years after it was imposed by owner George Steinbrenner, in a move aimed to improve player recruitment as the team ...

Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner is allowing beards for the first time since his father's team appearance started in 1976, but hair still must be kept above the collar.

Added Yankees manager Aaron Boone: "If we miss out on one player because of that, that's too many." Steinbrenner said, to his knowledge, there are no actual instances of players refusing to join ...

Steinbrenner doesn’t know for a fact that beards have cost the Yankees players, but Cashman said CC Sabathia felt hesitancy before signing as a free agent in 2008 because of the old policy.

Popular Yankees like Sparky Lyle and Thurman Munson wore beards when Steinbrenner purchased the team. Munson had a full beard on his 1976 Hostess card. He won AL MVP later that year.

Steinbrenner passed away in 2010 and the no-beard policy remained until Friday. Players such as Jason Giambi, Johnny Damon, and Gerrit Cole all shaved their beards and trimmed their hair to join ...

TAMPA, Fla. - Let there be beards in the Bronx. The New York Yankees, at long last altering a George Steinbrenner-era policy on facial hair, will allow players and personnel "to have well-groomed ...

Hal Steinbrenner said the club’s hair policy — no hair grown below the collar — will remain unchanged. — Jorge Castillo (@jorgecastillo) February 21, 2025 Yankees facial hair policy history ...

TAMPA. Fla. — The New York Yankees dropped their ban on beards Friday, 49 years after it was imposed by owner George Steinbrenner, in a move aimed to improve player recruitment as the team tries ...

Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner is allowing beards for the first time since his father's team appearance started in 1976, but hair still must be kept above the collar.

TAMPA. Fla. (AP) — The New York Yankees dropped their ban on beards Friday, 49 years after it was imposed by owner George Steinbrenner, in a move aimed to improve player recruitment as the team ...