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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
https://mashable.com/feature/house-o...-baseball-team
Famous professional players occasionally donned fake beards and joined the team for games, including Grover Cleveland Alexander, Satchel Paige, and even Babe Ruth.(They considered signing the Sultan of Swat in 1934, but decided his hedonistic lifestyle would be a poor fit for the ascetic team.)
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In Alexander's movie,
The Winning Team, Old Pete actually makes a joke about having a beard. Before their series against the Yankees, there's a cartoon with him portrayed as an old bearded man and he comments about not even donning one while playing for The House of David!