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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Fans Have Questions About Phillies Player Brandon Marsh's Hair
What is the deal with Brandon Marsh's hair?
At first glance, while watching Brandon play baseball on the field, it looks like his hair is drenched in sweat or some type of greasy hair product. It turns out that his hair is wet for his own valid reasons. According to Fox Sports, Brandon prefers to wet his hair before playing baseball.
He revealed that his hair “gets super bristly" if he doesn’t properly wet it before hitting the field. his teammates don’t seem to mind whatsoever. Garrett Stubbs, another player for the Phillies, said, “It’s called having some f--king edge. That guy knows how to find his f--king edge.”
According to Sporting News, the greasy appearance of Brandon‘s hair is directly related to the heavy amount of water he dumps on his head in order to create the right effect.
Entire article: https://www.distractify.com/p/brandon-marsh-hair
Like the Reds (from 1967 to 1998) are long gone:
The goatee that forever changed the Reds
Greg Vaughn played just one season (1999) for the Reds, and it proved to be a transformative one for a reason that had nothing to do with his performance on the field.
Sure, Vaughn became an instant clubhouse leader and the outfielder slugged 45 home runs as Cincinnati went 96-67 in that season. The club just missed the postseason after losing a Game 163 tiebreaker to the Mets.
But Vaughn’s goatee changed the Reds forever when he came to camp and broke the club’s longstanding policy against facial hair. He told owner Marge Schott he didn’t want to shave and she surprisingly acquiesced.
“Greg Vaughn came along and pretty much defied that [rule],” Reds Hall of Fame executive director Rick Walls said. “He was a dominant player with the Reds that year. He helped the team have one of the best seasons they’ve had in a while. That was pretty much the end of it after that.”
When the Red Stockings were founded in 1869 as baseball’s first professional franchise, nearly every player had facial hair. By the turn of the 20th century and keeping with the changing times, an unofficial clean-shaven policy took hold in Cincinnati.
In 1967, as the times were a changin’ again with hippie culture and long hair and beards becoming popular, the Reds went completely against the grain. That unofficial no facial hair policy became very official under general manager Bob Howsam and remained well after his departure -- for 32 years until Vaughn’s arrival.
Cincinnati was a dominant force in the 1970s with four World Series appearances and two championships. Pete Rose, Johnny Bench, George Foster and company may have sported longer sideburns, but their faces were shaved. Even the team’s mascot had to shave. The team’s running Mr. Red logo had his mustache removed upon Howsam’s arrival as well.
“The Big Red Machine and the clean, professional look,” Walls said. “They tried to have a very uniform, workman-like team. All of their shoes had to be painted black. The idea of not having facial hair was one way to keep the clean look. Marge Schott had a lot to do with that as well, to continue having the clean look. Everyone looked the same and you didn’t have anybody stand out so much.”
The policy was a -- pardon the pun -- red line in the sand for new arrivals over the years. Some players known for having mustaches and beards, like closer Jeff Reardon in 1993, went clean shaven. Others tried pushing back and faced the consequences.
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DubCoffman62
Lazy Slob
seems like every team has a couple of these hairy freaksFans Have Questions About Phillies Player Brandon Marsh's Hair
What is the deal with Brandon Marsh's hair?
At first glance, while watching Brandon play baseball on the field, it looks like his hair is drenched in sweat or some type of greasy hair product. It turns out that his hair is wet for his own valid reasons. According to Fox Sports, Brandon prefers to wet his hair before playing baseball.
He revealed that his hair “gets super bristly" if he doesn’t properly wet it before hitting the field. his teammates don’t seem to mind whatsoever. Garrett Stubbs, another player for the Phillies, said, “It’s called having some f--king edge. That guy knows how to find his f--king edge.”
According to Sporting News, the greasy appearance of Brandon‘s hair is directly related to the heavy amount of water he dumps on his head in order to create the right effect.
Entire article: https://www.distractify.com/p/brandon-marsh-hair
Like the Reds (from 1967 to 1998) are long gone:
The goatee that forever changed the Reds
https://www.mlb.com/news/greg-vaughn-reds-facial-hair-policy#:~:text=In 1967, as the times,32 years until Vaughn's arrival.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Yeah, it's not just in MLB; beards are all the rage in the NBA, NFL, and NHL too.
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Beards and tats are fine. Thinking you're in country Zero-Dark Thirty so you just let it completely go is shite.
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Harper and Schwarber only guys pulling their weight for philly. Hoskins, Realmuto and Castellanos are killing them
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Zippercat
Legend
holy fuck y'all are boomers. Stay off these guys' lawn.
Nothing to do with grassy areas Junior! This issue goes to the soul of ‘Merica!
You other old farts might remember the days when shave cream and razor blade ads, along with beer commercials of course, comprised the majority of MLB sponsors. See ‘em now? Rarely, if ever. I think it’s because of all these furry athletes.
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I’ll take the ridicule any time!
But it is nice to have a title that other fans can’t shit on with impunity now.
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