The Yankees have a hair phobia. Not one of those “the drain is clogged with your roommate’s disgusting sheddings could you please clean up after yourself” hair phobias because I’m pretty sure everybody has that, but one of those “everyone on this team should resemble a Ken doll” hair phobias. A remnant of George Steinbrenner’s dictatorsh—er, tenure, the appearance policy, as it’s called, mandates hair above the collar and no beards.
Johnny Damon fell victim to the policy all those years ago—
And super prospect Clint Frazier took his licks (locks?