Do you agree with the O's "no facial hair" policy?

[ChaosLex]

Seems a shame Arrieta has to lose his neatly trimmed beard and Kakes has to scrap the Paul Bunyan look.

[treasure07]

Seems a shame Arrieta has to lose his neatly trimmed beard and Kakes has to scrap the Paul Bunyan look.

I have been annoyed with this! :cussing: I REALLY hope they remove this policy because it is just plain dumb. Let the players have some personality, but just trim their facial hair. Arrieta's beard was very nice and trimmed, and it is a great look on him.

It would have been awesome to see Nick have his Paul Bunyan beard during the season. EPIC beard!

[BaltimoreTerp]

Yes, yes, a thousand-times yes! :laughlol:

[The Wedge]

Nope, never have. You can keep a "well groomed" policy and allow beards. In fact, they have, which is one of the reasons it annoys me: Rick Sutcliffe. Why was it okay for him?

[BaltimoreTerp]

Nope, never have. You can keep a "well groomed" policy and allow beards. In fact, they have, which is one of the reasons it annoys me: Rick Sutcliffe. Why was it okay for him?

Because if it hadn't been he wouldn't have brought his 4.5 ERA here and pitched us not-to the playoffs

[scOtt]

I think they should be able to grow beards as long as they're neat. You wouldn't want ZZ Top out there...

said the guy with the scragliest beard you ever saw...

[crissfan172]

I wish I could vote yes 1,000,000 times. Nothing is worse than looking at the entire Sox lineup looking like bums. This is one of the few things I like about the Yankees. They at least look presentable.

[Dr. Andrews]

I have to shave for my job, and so should they.

[bej6789]

I wish I could vote yes 1,000,000 times. Nothing is worse than looking at the entire Sox lineup looking like bums. This is one of the few things I like about the Yankees. They at least look presentable.

+1, couldn't agree more.

There are expectations for this team, and it's certainly fair for one of them to be "look presentable." Some might say a neatly trimmed beard falls under that category, but then you're down a slippery slope of what is or isn't acceptable. Solution? Outlaw all facial hair, and start looking like winners. When the Orioles win a few rings, feel free to grow whatever paul bunyan look a like beard you want.

[Boy Howdy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa6sP1cWvcs

Let it grow 'til it reach your toe

[GoldGlove21]

I think neat beards should be fine, but I really do not care one way or another. In the service you can not have that kind of facial hair. Haven't the Yankees had a similar policy for a long time?

[GoldGlove21]

+1, couldn't agree more.

There are expectations for this team, and it's certainly fair for one of them to be "look presentable." Some might say a neatly trimmed beard falls under that category, but then you're down a slippery slope of what is or isn't acceptable. Solution? Outlaw all facial hair, and start looking like winners. When the Orioles win a few rings, feel free to grow whatever paul bunyan look a like beard you want.

Mr. Damon, so easy a caveman can do it. I think players should look the part, I wouldn't allow Luke Scott or Nick Markakis to keep their facial hair in that manner, but I would allow for neatly groomed facial hair. It is just much easier to say no to any sort of facial hair.

[PrivateO]

It doesn't really matter to me.

The length of a pitcher's facial hair isn't going to win this team ballgames, no matter how much they try and convince you otherwise.

[Boy Howdy]

This Spaceman video came to mind reading this thread

[Moose Milligan]

I wish I could vote yes 1,000,000 times. Nothing is worse than looking at the entire Sox lineup looking like bums. This is one of the few things I like about the Yankees. They at least look presentable.

Who gives a crap? The Sox are winners. What difference does facial hair make?

They're ballplayers, they're not going on job interviews or working on wall street. It's a complete non issue.