Yankees broadcaster reacts to team’s facial hair policy change

The New York Yankees announced Friday that their players no longer have to be shaved properly.

Owner Hal Steinbrenner said in a statement that the players would be able to do so Keep “well -groomed” beards After the matter was discussed with current and former players about “several” years.

The rule that the players could not have facial hair under the lower lip was determined in 1976 by Hals Father George Steinbrenner.

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New York Yanke’s broadcaster Michael Kay and John Sterling before a game against the Tampa Bay Rays in the Yankee Stadium on April 20, 2024 in New York, New York. (New York Yankees/Getty Images)

The Yankee broadcaster Michael Kay, who organizes a radio show during the week, called the team’s first spring training session and the new hair age of the franchise on Friday.

“I don’t think it’s an exaggeration. [It] Somehow the baseball world inquemitating, “he said.

One of the main reasons why the team increased the rule was that it could prevent a player from choosing the Yanks as the future goal.

“If I have ever found out that a player we wanted to acquire to do better, do a championship, did not want to be here, and if he had the ability, would not come here because of this policy .. . They would be very, very worrying, “Steinbrenner told reporters on Friday.

Hal Steinbrenner during a press conference in the Yankee Stadium. (Jessica Alcheh/USA Today Sports)

Manager Aaron Boone told reporters that he had heard rumbling about the change in the guidelines. It should be observed Vladimir Guerrero Jr.MLBS Next Big Free Agent, had a beard of his career.

This feeling, said Kay, was his greatest snack.

“I think the most told what that is [Steinbrenner] Said reads: “We never want to be in a position in which we lose a player that we believe that he can help us win because he didn’t want to come here because of this rule.” And I think what the Yankees did. They preceded things, “added Kay.

“And I always asked myself: ‘If you want to change the rule, go there because I don’t want to shave,’ that would look really bad.”

Aaron Richter of the New York Yankees against the Minnesota Twins in Yankee Stadium 5 September 2022 in New York City. (Jim Mcisaac/Getty Images)

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The Yankees Hall of Famers CC Sabathia and Derek Jeter have grown both beards since retirement. Players often build facial hair when leaving the Yankees or in the low season.

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