Howard Comments on the New York Yankees Lifting Their Beard Ban of Nearly 50 Years

Howard Comments on the New York Yankees Lifting Their Beard Ban of Nearly 50 Years

After nearly 50 years, the New York Yankees baseball organization has amended their ban on player beards to allow for well-groomed ones. Reacting to owner Hal Steinbrenner’s announcement at a press conference that the change in policy was something that he’d been deliberating and debating over with family and staff for years, Howard was amused. “Can you imagine these meetings he’s having over facial hair?” he wondered Monday morning. “I grew a f…