Which players pushed back and rocked the stache the best.
Don mattingly yankees hair.
He is commonly cited as the best yankee player to have never played in a world series.
Don mattingly s number 23 was retired by the new york yankees in 1997.
The problem wasn t his offense.
In response they removed him from the starting lineup and fined him repeatedly until he promised to trim it.
Mattingly sported a 305 batting average heading into the day.
Don mattingly openly defied the yankees management s requests for him to cut his hair.
When mattingly refused he was benched.
Mattingly finished his career with 2 153 hits 222 home runs 1 007 runs scored 1 099 rbi and a 307 lifetime average.
The most infamous incident involving the yankees and facial hair happened in 1991.
Miami marlins manager don mattingly celebrates with the team in clinching a playoff berth after their win in the 10th inning of a baseball game against the new york yankees at yankee stadium.
On august 15 1991 the yankees beat the royals 5 1 with shooting star kevin maas at first base and not the team s normal first baseman don mattingly.
The new york yankees allow no facial hair below the upper lip.
Yesterday the yankees asked mattingly to get a haircut and he said the same thing.
Don mattingly looked back at his benching for not cutting his hair 23 years to the day after it happened with the yankees back with baseball teams could be run by men named stump and stick.
I have major mustache envy.
No not the veteran mattingly for he d been benched by manager stump merrill.