Yankees Editorial: Brett Gardner’s Mustache Campaign

The New York Yankees are well known for their limitations on facial hair, however one style is allowed, mustaches. The Yankees are red hot in the last couple of weeks and have decided to grow them out in a very serious campaign. Teams for years have had rally caps, beards, certain uniform adjustments, but most of those things aren’t allowed by the Yankees organization. So with mustaches allowed, the 2015 Yankees took it and ran.

This mustache mayhem was created by Brett Gardner, who started it during the Yankees three game series against the Tampa Bay Rays. Yankees players took on after that, and have kept it going. Jacoby Ellsbury, Dellin Betances, Mark Teixeira, and Chase Headley are just some of the players sporting the ‘stache right now. Though the guys publicly realize they might not look the best, if they keep up with the offensive production and adding tallies in the win column, I’m sure no one cares.

Past Yankees have had mustaches as well, Don Mattingly, Jason Giambi, Rich Gossage (who tested the Yankees policy as well as you can), and even Johnny Damon sported the ‘stache before going fully clean shaven when he came to the Yanks. Most of the players who are growing them out right now have said they usually have some facial hair during the off-season, so I’m sure a mustache right now is at least a little more comforting.

This new campaign started by Gardy is obviously for fun, but if they keep winning as much as they are now, I’m sure the mustaches will just keep growing and growing.

Rollie Fingers in the Bronx anyone?

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