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Girardi lifts facial hair ban?
A story making its rounds in the mainstream media today is Joe Girardi’s list of rules. I’m not sure if these are just for Spring Training or if they’ll extend into the season. There are 17 total, and RAB goat Wallace Matthews got his hands on nine: 1. Be on time. No excuse for lateness. 2. Shorts and T-shirts only permitted during spring training. 3. Curfew of 1 a.m. ...
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