A Yankees story about the team’s West Coast nine-game road trip begins with the goatee. That’s right, a goatee.
By now most Yankees fans are familiar with the their “no facial hair” policy. And many will remember the battle between Don Mattingly and the front office that eventually led to a one-game suspension about the length of his hair.
But few will remember that, in the Spring of 1995, the Yankees altered their policy to accommodate their star right-hander, Jack McDowell, who came over from the White Sox with a strong right arm and his goatee.