Posted on 02/21/2025 6:43:12 AM PST by 1Old Pro
TAMPA – The Boss must be spinning in his grave.
Hal Steinbrenner announced Friday morning that the Yankees are getting rid of their long-standing facial hair policy, moving to allow “well-groomed beards moving forward.”
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Tattoos on sailors were a sign of pride of where they traveled but also to help identify their bodies.
Dodgers already won anyway.
People said that about The Chiefs.
I agree with you. Even worse are face piercings.
OK...... here goes.
What you like or disfavor doesn’t matter.
What’s in style is what matters and beards are apparently in style
For my generation of old men, shaving two or three times a week is enough
When I leave the gym, I have to hold the steering wheel firmly to be sure it doesn’t inadvertently take me to a tattoo parlor.
Yup...IMO weird piercings (meaning anything but piercings on a woman’s ear) make my skin crawl.And that includes piercing on men *and* women.
No kidding. It’s not like the don’t have the most World Series Wins.🥱
Tattoos are a hard stop for me on women. I hate seeing all these pretty young gals disfiguring themselves with tattoos.
“No Regerts?” We’ll see.
Kelsey Grammer’s great-great-great grandfather?
” the cultural changes in the U.S. over the generations.”
Seems like in earlier years people wanted to be seen as clean, well dressed, etc. Today, many ordinary people want to be seen as informal, cool, sloppy, outlaw-ish, even thuggish - the opposite of dignified.
Teenagers pay extra to get jeans with ripped knees.
Yankees have always allowed mustaches, just not beards or hair below the collar. Mattingly, Goose, Munson, Sparky Lyle, Reggie, all had mustaches. Mustaches fell out of favor the last several decades but were never banned by George.
I have yet to see a really good reason for getting a tatoo other than peer pressure and a desire to go along with the crowd.
Hope you are right. But I cant do any more Yamamoto or whatever his name is.
so they are going to start a vacation of themselves and look like out of work pornstars?
“Hire this man!”
Tattoo - The Who
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI0cfzAF4as
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