Anthony Volpe #11, Jasson DomÃnguez #24 and Paul Goldschmidt #48 of the New York Yankees talk during spring training at George M. Steinbrenner Field on Feb. 19, 2025 in Tampa, Florida.Â
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Start spreading the news: For the first time in nearly 50 years, the New York Yankees are allowing players to grow beards.
In a statement Friday, Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner said he spoke to former and current players about the longstanding policy preventing most facial hair and has decided the team will now permit “well-groomed beards.”
“These most recent conversations are an extension of ongoing internal dialogue that dates back several years,” Steinbrenner wrote. “It is the appropriate time to move beyond the familiar comfort of our former policy.”
The news comes days after pitcher Devin Williams, whom the Yankees acquired from the Milwaukee Brewers during the offseason, sported some forbidden facial hair in an…
