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He may be a good manager in some areas but what is with his obsession against long hair? He fit in great in the Yankee system which prohibits it. He must have loved that but now he's carrying it over to the Dodgers - LA of all places. He's demanding that Manny Ramirez cut off his awesome very long dreadlocks and it appears that Manny will be complying by next week.
What a jerk.
I've always hated the Yankees for their hair policy but I never thought an individual manager would carry it beyond New York.
Manny had total freedom in Boston. I can't believe he left.
Well that's baseball for you and as long as the money is big enough they'll do as their contract tells them. Never a big fan of major league baseball for the reasons you mentioned.
If anything I like the teams that loose a lot.
Kevin
Well I suppose that's how it is in the big boys league and perhaps another reason to move to another team or try one on Europe! Alias another one bites the dust.
Cheers,
John.B
that really sucks, I mean I can only hope that he wouldn't cut his hair. But people do a lot of things for money. Maybe he was considering doing it anyway, who knows.
saw this on wikipedia
"Ramirez initially told manager Joe Torre that he would cut his dreadlocks.[17] However, a few days later Torre said he was "not really concerned at this point" about Manny's hair, while the Dodgers were beginning to produce skullcaps with blue dreadlocks for fans to wear.[18]"
I can't believe hair is even an issue in baseball. I'm surprised to hear about Joe with this policy. I always thought it was just Steinbrenner's policy but I guess not.
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Splat
Certain teams have certain policies on hair. The Yankees and probable the Dodgers require players to be clean shaven. Its kind of been a tradition for baseball players to have shorter hair. Long hair could get in the way on the field. Manny always has to fix his helmet while rounding the bases, which makes him run slower. It may interfer with the game. Plus, Manny Ramirez is a total moron and always causes trouble on every team he is on, so I don't feel sorry that he had to get his long dred locks cut.
Certain teams have certain policies on hair. The Yankees and probable the Dodgers require players to be clean shaven. Its kind of been a tradition for baseball players to have shorter hair. Long hair could get in the way on the field. Manny always has to fix his helmet while rounding the bases, which makes him run slower. It may interfer with the game. Plus, Manny Ramirez is a total moron and always causes trouble on every team he is on, so I don't feel sorry that he had to get his long dred locks cut.