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Former Simpsons visitor star and baseball icon Don Mattingly will probably be feeling vindicated after his former crew modified an notorious facial hair coverage.
Mattingly appeared within the 1992 Simpsons episode ‘Homer on the Bat’ which noticed him berated by Mr Burns who persistently informed him to “do away with these sideburns”.
Burns by no means clarified precisely what he meant by sideburns resulting in Mattingly utterly shaving either side of his head, leading to a weird haircut. The scene briefly went viral once more in 2024 after Taylor Swift’s boyfriend, Travis Kelce, sported the same coiffure.
The joke was a reference to a coverage enforced by former New York Yankees proprietor George Steinbrenner, who required his crew’s gamers to keep up a well-kept look and no facial hair.
The Yankees at the moment are run by Steinbrenner’s son, Hal, inheriting management of the crew after his father died in 2010. On Friday (21 February), the crew introduced that the coverage was being redacted, with Steinbrenner admitting that the rule was “outdated and considerably unreasonable”.
“In latest weeks I’ve spoken to a lot of former and present Yankees – spanning a number of eras – to elicit their views on our longstanding facial hair and grooming coverage, and I respect their earnest and assorted suggestions,” Steinbrenner said in a statement.
“These most up-to-date conversations are an extension of ongoing inner dialogue that dates again a number of years.
“Finally the ultimate choice rests with me, and after nice consideration, we will probably be amending our expectations to permit our gamers and uniformed personnel to have well-groomed beards transferring ahead,” he added “It’s the applicable time to maneuver past the acquainted consolation of our former coverage.”
On X/Twitter, followers reacted with references to the Simpsons episode.
One individual requested: “How does this policy affect sideburns?”
A second fan added: “DON MATTINGLY… vindicated!”
A third, quoting Mr Burns, joked: “Mattingly! I thought I told you to GROW those sideburns! You’re off the team! For Good!”
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Mattingly performed for the Yankees between 1982 and 1995 and needed to adhere to the rule, which was first launched in 1976, all through his total taking part in profession.
In 1991, Mattingly did conflict with Yankees coach Stump Merrill, who informed him to chop his mullet hairdo in any other case he wouldn’t play. The primary baseman refused to vary his hair and was subsequently dropped.”
Throughout his Simpsons cameo, Mattingly joked that regardless of being reduce from Mr Burns’s crew he nonetheless most well-liked him to Steinbrenner.
“Homer on the Bat” continues to be thought to be among the finest Simpsons episodes and featured many well-known baseball gamers from the interval together with Darryl Strawberry, Jose Canseco, Ken Griffey Jr and Steve Sax.
