The New York Yankees dropped their ban on beards Friday, 49 years after it was imposed by owner George Steinbrenner. Current
As recently as Monday, the New York Yankees left reminders on the clubhouse chair of each player to arrive clean-shaven the next morning for photo day.
The Yankees will play Frank Sinatra’s version of the “Theme From New York, New York” only after home wins instead of all games in the Bronx, going back to the original custom set by owner George Steinbrenner in 1980.
New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner revealed Friday his motivation behind changing the team's long-standing policy on facial hair and why it was time to change.
Managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner said the whiskers of Vice President JD Vance played a role in his decision to set aside the archaic 1970s rule against beards set by his late father, George Steinbrenner.
The New York Yankees have dropped their ban on beards, 49 years after it was imposed by owner George Steinbrenner.
The New York Yankees announced Friday morning that they are altering their longstanding facial hair policy. Players and uniformed personnel will now be allowed to have "well-groomed beards," team chairman Hal Steinbrenner said in a statement.
The facial hair policy that George Steinbrenner put in place in 1976 has now been amended, but the New York Yankees still won't give their players free reign to groom themselves how they choose.
The Yankees will play Frank Sinatra's version of the "Theme From New York, New York" only after home wins instead of all games in the Bronx, going back to the original custom set by owner George Steinbrenner in 1980.
On Friday, the New York Yankees announced they are amending the club’s long-standing facial hair policy, a directive that had been in place for nearly 50 years. The restriction, formally implemented in 1976 by then-owner George Steinbrenner,
Frank Sinatra's "Theme from New York, New York" will no longer be played following Yankees losses in the Bronx. The change to the longstanding tradition dating back to 1980 comes days after the Yankees changed their facial hair policy.