Yankees grooming policy rescinded

[Beercan collector]

But I guess someone still decides what’s acceptable (well groomed ?)
Be great if every Yankee player test the limit - A whole team of mid 70s Artimus Pyles

[bk400]

I shave every day before I go to work. Not because I am required to, but because it demonstrates a level of respect for my colleagues, partners and counterparties. Others may feel differently, which is their prerogative.

I thought the Yankees' grooming policy was actually a pretty classy thing.

[Beercan collector]

Originally Posted by bk400

I shave every day before I go to work. Not because I am required to, but because it demonstrates a level of respect for my colleagues, partners and counterparties. Others may feel differently, which is their prerogative.

I thought the Yankees' grooming policy was actually a pretty classy thing.

I used to be a hippie but when I got into medical equipment I cleaned myself up and I stayed that way as I got older - my post is mostly a gag but they’re playing baseball - A house of David team would never happen but it would be funny , There are some crazy looking people out there that are good at their jobs of course I wouldn’t wanna walk into a lawyers office and see Duck Dynasty

[bk400]

Originally Posted by Beercan collector

I used to be a hippie but when I got into medical equipment I cleaned myself up and I stayed that way as I got older - my post is mostly a gag but they’re playing baseball - A house of David team would never happen but it would be funny , There are some crazy looking people out there that are good at their jobs of course I wouldn’t wanna walk into a lawyers office and see Duck Dynasty

I hear you, man, and I agree that the presence or absence of facial hair is unlikely to have any bearing on one's professional ability. I just think it's kind of cool when an organization says, yeah, but we're going to look the part, because people are buying tickets to see us play, and we're on TV, and we want to set an example for what a classy team looks like.

[Beercan collector]

Originally Posted by bk400

I hear you, man, and I agree that the presence or absence of facial hair is unlikely to have any bearing on one's professional ability. I just think it's kind of cool when an organization says, yeah, but we're going to look the part, because people are buying tickets to see us play, and we're on TV, and we want to set an example for what a classy team looks like.

Sorry , apparently beards are more offensive than I realized

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Beercan collector

Sorry , apparently beards are more offensive than I realized

I think there’s beards and then there’s BEARDS!!!

Nothing offensive about either. But there’s no doubt that if done right (ie wrong), a beard can make you look like a homeless fellow.

And part of the fun is trying to draw that line and then enforce it. For some groups, it’s just easier to ban beards entirely. For example, I went to a university where beards are prohibited unless you got special permission for a beard card due to medical or religious reasons. I suspect part of it was a bit of backlash to the extremes of the 70s on college campuses.

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by raulus

I think there’s beards and then there’s BEARDS!!!

Nothing offensive about either. But there’s no doubt that if done right (ie wrong), a beard can make you look like a homeless fellow.

Might prevent a fellow from playing for the Yankees, but it doesn't prevent him from becoming the Vice-President though!



Playing for the Yankees pays much better of course!

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by Beercan collector

I used to be a hippie but when I got into medical equipment I cleaned myself up and I stayed that way as I got older.... There are some crazy looking people out there that are good at their jobs of course I wouldn’t wanna walk into a lawyers office and see Duck Dynasty

I kept my full mane of hair throughout my many years in the investment industry upon the premise that if you've got it, flaunt it!

Then in 2018 I was invited/challenged to participate in the Colour to Conquer Cancer fund raising campaign by Terry, a one-time co-worker and decades long friend. Trying my hand at fundraising sounded interesting, so I joined her Rainbow Unicorn team which until then consisted of only her children, grandchildren and nephews/nieces. Since there was nobody left on the planet who could tell me what I couldn't do, I got my silver grey hair stripped down to white and had it dyed neon blue (I thought that was my colour):



The MAN followed my lead:





The MAN and I just left our hair that way until it grew out and faded.

Terry was by far the leading fund raiser in Canada for the next three years. I was the sixth, sixth and seventh leading fund raiser in Canada for the next three years. (Terry and I had many of the same contacts but she got first dibs.) Our Rainbow Unicorn team ended up absolutely destroying every other team participating including the Princess Margaret Hospital's own team of several dozen strong!

I learned though that fund raising is far from easy. Both donor and fundraiser fatigue set in after a year or two ("What, again?") and only Terry and I remained among the top fund raisers all three years.

[JustinD]

It’s about time they ended that antiquated silly Steinbrenner legacy. It has long annoyed players from Gossage to Mattingly. Several players have turned them down including David Price and Brian Wilson.

I have been in corporate leadership and dealing with the boards of most major banking institutions for the last 30 years in private and government capacity. I haven’t been clean shaven since likely 1993, perhaps longer. A well trimmed and full beard has always done me very well in business.

if it’s hurting you with recruitment and keeping talent for a silly rule you should get rid of it or it’s simply poor management.

[D. Bergin]

Yankees grooming policy rescinded

There's a really tasteless Wander Franco joke hidden in that headline somewhere. I'll leave it to one of the braver members of Net54 to suss it out for us.

I think I may have already said too much.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

There's a really tasteless Wander Franco joke hidden in that headline somewhere. I'll leave it to one of the braver members of Net54 to suss it out for us.

I think I may have already said too much.

I saw "Yankees grooming" and immediately thought the thread was going to be about John Wetteland.

[Snapolit1]

I was once seconded to Anheuser Busch for a work assignment. I was asked by my boss to shave my goatee because August Busch (the 4th I think) didn’t want anyone in the organization to have facial hair. Was a long standing thing. I thought that was stupid as hell, but then learned that his father thought wearing glasses was a sign of weakness and he hated seeing them.

[bk400]

The Judge speaks (as quoted in the venerable New York Post earlier this week):

Judge said he was “definitely shocked” about the change in policy that was instituted in 1976 by George Steinbrenner. But he understood Hal Steinbrenner’s reasoning in not wanting the old policy to be something that would risk the Yankees’ chances of adding players that could help them win.

That said, Judge had a strong stance on players who might not have been willing to sign with the Yankees because they did not want to shave, though he said he had not heard of it happening.

"If that little rule is going to stop you from coming here, then you probably shouldn’t be here," Judge said. “If a little rule like that is going to stop you from doing your job, then I don’t think — I don’t know...

I got drafted by this organization, so the very first day I was here, I’ve been shaving since 2013," Judge said. "This is what I know, this is what I’m used to. I look around the building, look at old photos of the past legends and people that played here, they all followed that rule, so I just tried to follow on their path."

In his one-on-one meeting with Steinbrenner, Judge emphasized that he thought it was important to keep the franchise’s other rules in place — such as no hair below the collar — because they help instill discipline.

“We definitely talked about that because that was one of my big things,” Judge said. “Rules, it’s all about discipline. Especially playing with the Yankees, this is a disciplined group. That’s one thing I learned all the way from the minor leagues up, you have those certain rules that teach you discipline, teach you a certain way. That was my big concern is, I didn’t want a lot of these rules to start changing.

“A lot of these separate us and make the New York Yankees the standard. We talked about a lot of those things. I just wanted to reiterate with him, ‘I understand the facial hair policy, but let’s keep a lot of these other things in check.’ ”