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Following a consultation with owner Jeffrey Loria, Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly has lifted the team's ban on players sporting facial hair.
"It was a constant fight last year, honestly, with guys," Mattingly said Tuesday, according to the Associated Press (via ESPN.com). "Through the course of the season and watching the playoffs and the World Series, for me it just didn't seem like that big of a thing. The most important thing is our guys prepare and play the game right."
The team enacted the rule prior to Mattingly's first season with the Marlins, and he admitted Tuesday that he instituted the policy as a way to make the team a more cohesive unit.