Guys have been wearing beards in baseball for years. Reliever Brian Wilson of the Giants (now the Dodgers) and the 2013 Red Sox really got the fad started. A lot of teams think it’s good luck.
In fact, when Wilson was pitching for them, the Giants used “Fear The Beard” as a slogan. It’s a scruffy-looking fad, but it’s not Islam.
Yep....Wilson (Fear the beard) and Sergio Romo fared well with all that hair.