The New York Yankees have abandoned their half-century prohibition of beards, a policy that was archaic even from its infancy. Now I find myself strangely, unexpectedly bereft, stroking my own beard ...

It read “No Beards — No Beads — No Mutton Chops — No Long Hair — No High Stirrups.” It was signed by Steinbrenner and Martin. The hair part — not the beards, beads or stirrups ...

Sparky Lyle had his long hair curled, apparently to evade the rules (to no avail). Thurman Munson briefly grew a rogue beard in the summer of 1977. Soon, the Yankees’ policy was more than an ...

Though he claimed he had no objection to long hair, he handed down the grooming ... Just two days after Steinbrenner announced that the beard policy would be relaxed, veteran third-baseman and ...