Joe Malagari wanted to do it. He couldn't do it when he was at Calvert Hall College High School. Now that he was at South Carroll, he could.
He wanted to grow out his hair.
Last season, Malagari's long brown locks were by far the lengthiest on his team, perhaps even any baseball squad in Carroll County. But this year, a few of his Cavaliers teammates, including infield partner Brad Haas, have followed suit.
"Whenever somebody else grew out their hair, people would be like, 'Joe's hair's still better,' or something like that, because I guess I was the first one to do it," Malagari said.