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by **L Independant** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:09 am

Courtesy of Yahoo.

by **MoneyMelon** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:13 am

If a mustache helps Johnny Damon and Jason Giambi to hit they way they have lately, I'm all for it.

Don Mattingly sees no problem with it

by **Spidey-Man** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:16 am

Maybe I will grow a mustache in support.

by **MoneyMelon** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:32 am

That's an excellent idea

Mustaches for everybody!

by **guitarsmashley** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:39 am

MoneyMelon wrote:If a mustache helps Johnny Damon and Jason Giambi to hit they way they have lately, I'm all for it.

Don Mattingly sees no problem with it

But that one falls into the pre 1989 edict.

by **MoneyMelon** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:41 am

guitarsmashley wrote:But that one falls into the pre 1989 edict.

He played until 1995

That's how awesome his mustache is

by **Severed Djed** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 12:18 pm

MoneyMelon wrote:He played until 1995

The mustache played until '98.

by **Spidey-Man** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 12:55 pm

My dad has a mustache but since he had it since before 89, he's safe.

He shaved it once and I thought he looked good and young but my mom hated it and made him grow it back.

by **Jonathan** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 1:49 pm

I have a mustache (and goatee); it's ok, I guess.

But I thought the Yankees players and coaches weren't allowed to grow their facial hair out?

by **Spidey-Man** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:07 pm

remember when the Yankees had to have clean-shaven faces and trimmed hair. Now I read a story about Jason Giambi's mustache. Are the Yankees still required to groom their hair or are there new rules under Girardi?
-- Jon W., Hicksville, N.Y.

The rules haven't changed -- players always have been allowed to keep facial hair above the lip and remain groomed behind the neck. There's a long list of Yankees players who have maintained some fashion of facial hair; I'll throw out the names Don Mattingly, Thurman Munson, Reggie Jackson and Ron Guidry just to prove the point.

There have been players who have come to the Yankees with goatees or beards and opted to go for the complete shave, but that was more upon their own personal preference. Sometimes, players skirted the rule in past years by growing a little patch under the lip, but that's technically against the rule. Not everyone looks good with a mustache, and I think it's safe to say that Giambi should be included in that group.

These are the kinds of fun little things teams do over the course of the season, and if it helps them produce on the field, so be it. Johnny Damon's 'stache is coming in nicely, but poor Shelley Duncan's blond locks are camouflaging his progress and he's about to give it up. Joba Chamberlain quit shortly before Giambi said he looked "like a fifth grader."

by **DeadFett** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:55 pm

Jonathan wrote:I have a mustache (and goatee); it's ok, I guess.

I have the soulpatch.

by **Jonathan** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 3:57 pm

DeadFett wrote:I have the soulpatch.

SOUL!!!!!!!!!!

by **MoneyMelon** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:18 pm

Jonathan wrote:I have a mustache (and goatee); it's ok, I guess.

But I thought the Yankees players and coaches weren't allowed to grow their facial hair out?

They're allowed to as long as they keep it trimmed