Bernie Williams, a four -time world -class champion with New York YankeesHe will be in Tampa in Florida, soon for this year’s spring training to see his old team for another season.
Although she is down there, there may be a fairly big difference in terms of the appearance of these players because of the scraping of the tradition, which he is used to during his toy days.
Yankees general management partner Hal Steinbrenner She was shocking announced that the non-fascinal hair policy, which his father, the late George M. Steinbrenner, was put on in 1976, he would no longer.
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Former New York Yankees striker Bernie Williams at Yankee Stadium. (Wendell Cruz-USA Today Sports)
As such, Yankees players, coaches and staff members are allowed to have “welcome beards”. Newcomers like the closer Devin Williams, who had already shaved his chin signature from his days Milwaukee Brewersare among those who could start allowing their face hair to grow again.
For Williams, they will surely need to get used to the fact that the Yankees allowed them to do so, which is why he told Fox News Digital that he had “mixed emotions” about this change – one that ends 50 years of Yankees staple.
“I have a few mixed emotions because, as a young player, it’s kind of hard to keep that clean, shaved [look] day by day, “Williams said, laughing while he was discussing his important Get involved in the lung health initiative. “As a rebel child who is involved in professional sports, you get all these recognitions and you feel like you are at the top of the world and you can do whatever you want.
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“But I think that a certain rule, first of all, kept us as a team-not-one thing everyone had to do. It didn’t matter how much money you made in the team, from a rookie guy, to the highest paid player who everyone had to pull that hair on their face. It was one thing that was common to bind.
“The other side of the coin, it was kind of embarrassing to go away day by day.”
For Williams, the rule was something that the Yankees stood out in addition to the signature.
“We had to have this policy and people loved it,” he explained. “” These guys are so pure cut and look so beautiful. I would love to be associated with this team because they have this policy and they want to represent the best possible way. “
However, her love for politics has obviously changed since he was last in the game in 2006, and he understands that the change of time leads to changed thoughts.
“I understand the fact that people are pushing back, we live in another time, and I suppose it’s kind of trendy to have a beautiful, nourished beard or hair on my face,” he said.
However, where Williams draw a line is where Yankees captain Aaron Judge Almost when he discussed the rule of the face of the face, potentially giving a free agent to the second thinking about joining the organization-which has the most professional sports titles of all time.
Former Yankee Bernie Williams plays a national anthem on a guitar during the 2021 National Ceremony Ceremony on Wednesday, September 8, in Cooperstown, New York. The ceremony honored the members of the class 2020: Derek Jer, Marvin Miller, Ted Simmons and Larry Walker. (Imagine)
“I think, in my mind and I don’t know how other people take it, their face hair is just a trivial thing,” Williams said, smiling. “If you don’t want to play for one of the best franchises in sports, because you have problems with your hair on your face – I mean, some people can’t even grow a beard properly. So, I think it’s a trivial point, and you have worse problems if you think,” I won’t play for Yankees because I won’t cut my hair. These would be some other problems you have to solve. “
The Yankees also change some changes in music released in the Bronx after losses in the home, showing that the organization wants to modernize a little.
However, Williams knows the tradition and nostalgia that Yankees will remain.
So, perhaps introducing another jersey, which is more about the fans discussing for years, there will still be no cards.
New York Yankees, former Bernie Williams striker, #51, at Dan Yankees Old Timer in 2019 at Yankee Stadium. (Wendell Cruz-USA Today Sports)
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Then again …
“I think if you do it delicious, you do not try to beat people upside down with a huge, sudden change. Do it progressively with good taste, I don’t see anything wrong with that,” Williams said.
Williams will have to look at the beards first.
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