After nearly 50 years of oppressive appearance guidelines, the New York Yankees have finally loosened their ban on facial hair — Don Mattingly, let those side burns flow freely. Earlier today ...

Former Simpsons guest star and baseball icon Don Mattingly will be feeling vindicated after his former team changed an infamous facial hair policy. Mattingly appeared in the 1992 Simpsons episode ...

Plenty of Yankee stars have rocked mustaches, most notably Don Mattingly and Goose Gossage ... and even Derek Jeter has some facial hair now. Plenty of Yankees grow facial hair in the offseason ...