Former New York Yankees first baseman Don Mattingly will be the guest speaker at the Law Foundation of Berks County and PICPA ...

For nearly 50 years, the Yankees have had a policy of not allowing their players to have beards (mustaches are allowed, as seen on Thurman Munson and Don Mattingly), but this year, finally, that rule ...

Don Mattingly before a game against the Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park during the 1986 season. ... Wade Boggs kept just a mustache after he joined the Yankees. David Wells.

Don Mattingly was fined and benched in the 1990s for refusing to trim his mullet, a conflict which was parodied during his appearance on "The Simpsons" episode "Homer At The Bat," where Mr. Burns ...

Editor's note: This story originally ran on Dec. 18, 2019. The Yankees announced they have updated their facial hair policy on Feb. 21, 2025. New York Yankees players can finally let their hair down .

In 1983, he grew a Fu Machu style mustache that extended just below the lip, and pushed the envelope of the facial hair policy. ... Don Mattingly . In 1992, ...

Since the free-flowing 1970s, the Yankees had prevented facial hair, outside of a well-trimmed mustache. That was drastically altered on Monday, and fans had a field day with facial-hair comparisons.

In the 1990s, for example, star first baseman Don Mattingly was fined and benched by manager Stump Merril for refusing to trim his mullet. Four years later, Mattingly wore a goatee for part of his ...

Mattingly may have been the most defiant toward the policy. The six-time all-star was benched in 1991 when he refused to cut his long mullet. The Yankees policy was famously spoofed on a 1992 episode ...

I am now one haircut closer to playing for the New York Yankees.Growing up, I idolized Don Mattingly as one of my favorite first basemen. The bat, the glove, the mustache.