That's part of why it was shocking when Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner announced on Friday morning that the team had changed its no-facial hair policy that had been upheld for nearly 50 years.

It’s an ideal style for wider face shapes, as it tends to make ... The result is a unique look that guys with standard-issue facial hair stand no chance of replicating. “This style is about ...

George Steinbrenner instituted the policy in 1976, three years after he bought the team, when the fashion of the era saw long hair and unkempt beards became commonplace. Steinbrenner, a former member ...

The New York Yankees are easing the team’s long-standing facial hair policy. The formerly clean-shaven team will allow “well-groomed” beards, Bleacher Report said. The publication said it ...

And then there was one. Now that the Yankees have rescinded their no-beard policy, there is one New York team that does not allow its players to sport facial hair. Lou Lamoriello’s Islanders.