Loaiza at today's Yankees Game

[Texsox]

The Blackhawk players has subtly and not so subtly told players to dump the face shield. Since that is a safety issue, I think that is probably worse.

 

Chuck Finley paid bonusses to players to grow handlebar moustaches.

 

Baseball players are entertainers. If their employer believes it increases business by having players clean shaven, that is their right. The Rockettes will only hire dancers within 1/2 inch of a standard because the "look" is something they promote. If the Yankees want to promote a clean shaven team, I do not see a problem with it. They already pick what each player wears. I wish more teams would enforce a cap rule, the sideways crap look minor league to me.

 

I haven't heard any player complain about going to the Yankees. Even some minimum wage jobs have dress and grooming codes.

[Bighurt52235]

Last I heard, they can have moustaches and 'burns, but no chin or full beard.

[Yoda]

 

He looks awesome with that New York logo.

[DABearSoX]

When i was like 16 I worked at a Arcade/Chuckie Cheese type of place....they had a no facial hair rule.....what bastards.....discuss

[SoxAce]

Hell, at some fast food places, they have a no facial hair rule. (McDonalds/Wendy's)

[DABearSoX]

Less than 30 minutes later, Loaiza was sitting in the auxiliary clubhouse in full Yankee gear, meeting the New York media for the first time since he was traded by Chicago in exchange for Contreras and cash.

 

But something was missing: his goatee.

 

While meeting with manager Joe Torre, Loaiza was informed that George Steinbrenner's team policy prohibited any facial hair other than a moustache, so the right-hander promptly took a razor and shaved his face clean.

 

"It's been 9 1/2 years, so it's a little bit white," said Loaiza, who had just shaved his beard for the first time in nearly a decade. "I'm happy to be here, so I'll do what it takes to be in the pinstripes. I cut myself a little, because I'm not used to shaving over my lip."

 

Loaiza, who is 9-5 with a 4.86 ERA in 21 starts for Chicago this season, said he was surprised by the trade, though he also said that some part of him always thought he would end up in the Bronx at some point.

 

"Talking to Joe Torre at the All-Star Game, we had good conversations," Loaiza said. "I had a feeling that I'd come down here, and now that I'm here, I'm happy."

[DBAHO]

Look at those dimples.

[Texsox]

"I'm happy to be here, so I'll do what it takes to be in the pinstripes. . . "

 

Maybe there are some side benefits to in team unity. York High School's Cross Country Team the "Long Green Line" always had crew cuts. They also won half of the state championships in Cross Country over a twenty year span.