Jim Piersall of the Red Sox had the sharper tongue. But the Yankees’ Billy Martin had harder punches. Baseball fans who saw Piersall give the Yanks’ second baseman a terrific “riding” from ...
The rule has been in place since the 1970s, when George Steinbrenner and then-manager Billy Martin implemented a policy forbidding beards, long hair and sideburns. (Mustaches were still allowed.) ...