Almost 50 years after New York Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner implemented politics that forbids the hair on his face, the team gave a shocking announcement that he ended what Hal Steinbrenner learned that the “outdated” rule that could have potentially serious consequences for the organization.
Hal Steinbrenner announced a change on Friday before the Yankees Spring Train opener and dived into a process that brought him to the production a New politics Where players can now “nurture their beards” sports.
The New York Yankees Relax Backer Devin Williams, 38, participates in spring training at George M. Steinbrenner Field. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images)
As Steinbrenner explained, the hair on the face has become a new norm. He pointed to the leaders of our country, including Vice -President JD Vance, as an example of how times changed since the policy was first implemented in 1976.
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“This generation, the vast majority of the 20th, 30th in the 40s, men in this country have beards. Our new Vice President He has a beard, members of the congress have a beard – the list continues and continues in this country and in this world, “he told members of the media during a press conference.
Vice -President JD Vance, speaks at a conference of conservative political action, CPAC, at the National Resort and Congress Gaylor, on Thursday, February 20, 2025 in Oxon Hill, MD. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Cenet)
“It’s a part of who are younger men, it’s part of their character, it’s part of their persona. Do I totally connect with it? It’s hard for me, I’m an older guy who never had a beard in my life. But that is them a very important thing and feel that they define their character. ”
Steinbrenner explained that this knowledge led him to “real concern” that politics could be harmful to the ultimate goal of Yankees to win in his first World series title since 2009.
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“If I had ever learned that the player we wanted to gain, to improve us, to get us championship, he does not want to be here without having the ability, he would not come here because of that policy – as important as the case with that generation – That would be very, very worrying.
File – Owner of New York Yankees Hal Steinbrenner watches before a baseball match between Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays 21. August 2022 in New York. (AP Photo/Corey Sipkin, file)
“I’m pretty convinced it’s a real concern,” he said.
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Steinbrenner, who inherited his father as the owner of control in November 2008, said he had been considering the issue for some time, but said he had spent actively talking about the players with players and others this season.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
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