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Stephanie Apstein

EXPLAINED: Yankees wives carrying on team s abandoned battle against beards | Vintage Vibes

Judge may not have to shave because of the Yankees anymore, but his wife, Samantha Bracksieck, still prefers he come home clean. | Jason Miller/Getty Images

As the New York Yankees trimmed away half a century of history, Jordan LeMahieu worried only about the next day. She turned to her husband, Yankees utilityman DJ, and made her stance clear: You’re still shaving, though.

When principal owner Hal Steinbrenner announced two weeks ago that he was amending his team’s 49-year-old “Neatness Counts” policy and would now allow what he described as “well-groomed beards,” many of the Yankees celebrated. Many of their wives did not. 

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