softening a 50-year policy on appearance that prohibited beards and long hair. Baseball players like growing out their facial hair, apparently, and the team felt it was time to loosen up.

"This generation you know the vast majority of 20[s], 30s into the 40s men ... Baseball (MLB) players in whether they joined certain teams. Here are some things to know about the history of beards ...

Baseball players don’t wear shirt collars ... “The vast majority of 20s, 30s into the 40s men in this country have beards,” the Yankees’ managing general partner, Hal Steinbrenner, said ...

Speaking later Friday at a news conference, Steinbrenner said: “This generation – the vast majority of 20s, 30s, into the 40s men in this country have beards. Our new vice president has a ...