So the New York Yankees, at long last, have done away with their policy against facial hair.. Maybe, they reasoned, Aaron Judge wouldn’t have bungled that routine fly ball in Game 5 of the World ...

The team is ending its longstanding policy on facial hair and will allow “well-groomed beards moving forward,” Hal Steinbrenner said. By Victor Mather Mariano Rivera and Bernie Williams had to ...

The New York Yankees may have relaxed their facial hair policy this season but some franchise icons feel some nostalgia about ...

George Steinbrenner, Hal's father and the Yankees owner from 1973-2010, introduced the previous facial-hair policy — no long hair or beards — in 1976.

Some players had pushed the limits of the facial hair policy in recent years, growing more than five o’clock shadows, with Boone having to remind them at times that it was time to shave. 5.

In 1995, the Yankees altered their facial hair policy after trading for the 1993 AL Cy Young winner Jack McDowell. McDowell, Don Mattingly, and others grew goatees and beards.

While the Yankees' facial hair policy is one of the more notorious, they're not the only team to have hyper-specific rules about appearance and conduct. Here are some other teams, ...

The New York Yankees have, at least, realized that their facial hair policy was archaic and have opted for a new rule within the clubhouse. After upholding perhaps the strangest policy in American ...

Aaron Boone on the facial hair policy change: “I think it was time for this.” — Bryan Hoch ⚾️ (@BryanHoch) February 21, 2025 Yankees players first heard about the news about the rule change.