Bring the beards back to the Bronx. Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner declared "well groomed beards" would be permitted in declaring an end to the franchise's longstanding policy that allowed mustaches but not beards or unruly sideburns.

In the nearly 50 years since George Steinbrenner implemented a policy requiring his players to keep their hair shorter than their collars and to shave all of their facial hair except for optional mustaches,