The New York Yankees have dropped their ban on beards, 49 years after it was imposed by owner George Steinbrenner.

Aaron Judge with a beard? With the rollback of a decades-old New York Yankees team rule, that just might be possible.

The New York Yankees are changing their facial hair policy. Going forward, players and coaches are allowed to have "well-groomed beards."

The once clean-shaven New York Yankees will now allow "well-groomed" beards on players, as the franchise announced an end to a longstanding anti-facial hair policy Monday.

The New York Yankees reverse a 49-year-old facial hair policy to allow their players and staff to now sport "well-groomed beards".