The New York Yankees dropped their ban on beards Friday, 49 years after it was imposed by owner George Steinbrenner, in a ...

The World Series runners-up made headlines around the world this week when they scrapped a 49-year rule to allow their ...

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Few traditions in baseball were as infamous as the Yankees’ facial hair rule. The post The Most Infamous Victim Of Yankees' ...

The New York Yankees stunned the baseball world on Friday, when they announced they were bringing an end to their facial hair ...

The all-clear for beards was announced by Hal Steinbrenner, the team’s managing general partner whose father started the ...

Chicago Cubs infielder Justin Turner has never played for the Yankees, but he thinks he knows what's behind the change in ...

The All-Star closer, acquired in a trade with the Brewers over the offseason without any say in the matter, said that the ...

Aaron Judge offered support for the Yankees’ big change, but added, “If that little rule is going to stop you from coming here, then you probably shouldn’t be here.” ...

Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner and General Manager Brian Cashman spent nearly half an hour explaining why they would now allow "well-groomed" beards during a press conference on February 21. And that ...

Williams was concerned enough about the Yankees' rules about beards that he approached Steinbrenner and GM Brian Cashman.