Sunday, July 5, 2026

Shocker: New York Yankees Will Allow “Well Groomed Beards,” According to Owner Hal Steinbrenner

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First James Bond has been sent to the we-don’t-know-where.

Now owner New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner says the team will allow players to wear “well groomed beards.”

The sky is falling. (Trump and Musk not withstanding, etc.)

The Yankees have never allowed beards or wild hair, the kind you see on ballplayers in both leagues. We always held ourselves to a higher standard. I’m disappointed Hal has made this decision, but they have to change with the times.

What will happen next? Chaos. What would Babe Ruth say?

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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