[raybbr]

I said to my sons last week: "What's with the hideous beards on the pitchers these days? They look horrible."

Never gave any thought to ISIS though. Still don't. I think it's just a trend. They ARE awful looking. Just hideous.

[jjotto]

My recollection is that this round of beards traces to Brian ‘Fear the Beard’ Wilson, pitcher for the Giants in the post-season a few years ago. MLB players have waves of wierd trends: Rally caps, same t-shirts every day, and worse.