Greg Vaughn can keep his goatee.
The Cincinnati Reds dropped one of their most distinctive–and widely questioned–policies Monday, allowing players to have facial hair this season.
Former Reds General Manager Bob Howsam enacted the ban in 1967, insisting his team maintain a clean-shaven look during the decade of long hair. It became so ingrained that only owner Marge Schott had the authority to reverse it.
She did so on Monday after talking to Vaughn, who lobbied hard to keep his goatee after he was traded to the Reds from San Diego on Feb. 2.
– Yankees owner George Steinbrenner has received an apology from outfielder Darryl Strawberry for skipping an autograph session over the weekend. “Darryl called me personally Sunday night and I am very satisfied that it was not his intention to miss the event without notifying us,” Steinbrenner said.
– Jimmy Dudley, who broadcast Indians games from 1948 to 1967, has died at age 89 after a stroke in Tucson, Ariz.
