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Grooming at ballpark becoming trend for baseball players

SAN FRANCISCO — Kevin Quackenbush's full beard needed a little attention considering he had gone since spring training in February without a trim.

Mark McGwire decided on the fly to get his hair cut upon arriving to work last week at AT&T Park, something unheard of during his old slugging days.

The San Diego Padres relief pitcher and his bench coach, Big Mac, only had to walk out of the visitor's clubhouse and down a set of stairs toward the dugout to duck into a room typically used for equipment storage and get spiffed up by Lara Albertsen long before first pitch.