What are the sense in forcing players out of their wishes?

The Yankees Forcing Players To Shave But Allowing Them To Wear giant Chains Makes No Sense

It is incomprehensible that the Yankees are making their players shave while letting them wear enormous chains.

Due to a long-standing Yankee policy about facial hair, mercurial outfielder Alex Verdugo was compelled to remove his bushy red beard after he was dealt to the New York Yankees for Boston Red Sox outfielder Alex Verdugo.

The Yankees have a long-standing rule that states that players are not allowed to grow facial hair other than a mustache and cannot have hair longer than shoulder length.

After being dealt to the Yankees in December, Verdugo—who had a famously bushy ginger beard—had to cut his famous facial hair.

However, a young Verdugo nevertheless turned up for the Yankees photo day with an absurdly bulky set of silver chains that seem more appropriate for the neck of a twenty-five-pound rapper from Atlanta than a player for the most illustrious team in baseball.

Now, I’m not a big fan of the Yankees’ facial hair policy. I really like to live life on the edge. But why stop with facial hair if you’re going to adhere to strict beauty standards? Why let this guy, who looks like he belongs in a BET music video, represent your company while wearing a platinum choker?

I find it uncomprehensible. Not that I’m against mature guys wearing jewelry, exactly. Although I think it’s ridiculous to play a game where you have to run rapidly while wearing a thick chain, I have no issue with a guy dressing like an Egyptian emperor from 1500 BC and expressing his individuality with flashy neckwear.

But the Yankees’ double standard in this case just doesn’t make sense to me.

The “Neatness Counts” guidelines were introduced in the 1970s by the late great Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, who claimed he was “trying to establish a certain sense of order and discipline.”

I’m sorry, but allowing boys to arrive at camp dressed like Flava Flav doesn’t exactly demonstrate discipline.

great outfielder Johnny Damon was the final Boston Red Sox great to join the Yankees and transform his appearance. He went from appearing like a caveman in Beantown to a refined gentleman in the Bronx.

But be consistent everywhere if you’re going to make a guy like Damon modify his entire appearance in the name of “order and discipline.” “The same in all circumstances and at all times” is the exact definition of the word uniform.

Verdugo’s chains are an outright deviation from that norm. Please do not ask a young man to remove a startlingly large set of bijouterie from around his neck.