The Yankees will play Frank Sinatra’s version of the “Theme From New York, New York” only after home wins instead of all games in the Bronx, going back to the original custom set by owner George Stein
The New York Yankees have dropped their ban on beards, 49 years after it was imposed by owner George Steinbrenner
George Steinbrenner instituted the policy in 1976, three years after he bought the team, when the fashion of the era saw long hair and unkempt beards became commonplace. Steinbrenner, a former member of the U.S. Air Force, did not agree with the style of the times.
The Steinbrenner family, the owners of the New York Yankees, are donating $5 million to Tampa’s St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital. Members of the family and hospital officials will be at George M. Steinbrenner Field today for a ceremony to mark the donation before the Yankees' spring training game against Toronto.
For decades, the New York Yankees enforced a grooming policy so strict it could make a military dress code look lenient. The post How a Single Player’s Defiance Helped End Unreasonable Yankees Tradition Set Up by George Steinbrenner appeared first on EssentiallySports.
Nearly 50 years after New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner implemented a policy banning facial hair, the team made the shocking announcement to end what Hal Steinbrenner came to learn was an ...
The New York Yankees face the Houston Astros in a spring training game on Saturday, March 1, 2025 (3/1/25) at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida.
As recently as Monday, the New York Yankees left reminders on the clubhouse chair of each player to arrive clean-shaven the next morning for photo day.
The facial hair policy that George Steinbrenner put in place in 1976 has been amended, but Yankees players players still don't have free reign with their hair.
TAMPA. Fla. — The New York Yankees dropped their ban on beards Friday, 49 years after it was imposed by owner George Steinbrenner, in a move aimed to improve player recruitment as the team tries ...
TAMPA. Fla. — The New York Yankees dropped their ban on beards Friday, 49 years after it was imposed by owner George Steinbrenner, in a move aimed to improve player recruitment as the team tries ...