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 ...

To understand why the Yankees second baseman has fit in so well in New York, it requires a full accounting of his whole self.

For The Boss, it wasn’t really about beards. It was about long hair. Lost in all the hoopla about the Yankees last week updating their facial hair policy to allow “well-groomed” beards was ...