Washington Nationals are the hairiest team in baseball

Playoff beards are one of the most interesting traditions in sports, but a recent study shows that some teams either don’t want to shave or apparently can’t afford razors.

Washington Nationals fans are hoping that their team doesn’t get eliminated from the postseason before the team can make a trip back home, but one thing may not change even with a postseason loss. The beards that the Nationals sport don’t seem to be going anywhere as they apparently don’t have razors in Washington anymore.

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Boston Red Sox fans will stake claim to the hipster beards that baseball players are sporting these days, but a recent study by The Washington Post revealed that the Red Sox aren’t the hairiest team in baseball. Despite the popularity of those beards last year, the Red Sox are only the fourth hairiest team in baseball.

Instead, it’s the Nationals who get the title of hairiest team in baseball, with the San Diego Padres and Houston Astros right there with them — along with, of course, the Red Sox.

It’s been a tradition for years to grow playoff beards in all sports, especially hockey and baseball but not everyone is able to grow beards. That’s not a shot at players with prepubescent facial genes, but rather some teams just don’t want their players growing beards.

For decades, the Yankees have had a policy that their players will not ever sport beards or facial hair of any kind during their time with the team. We saw this policy come into effect numerous times as beastly cavemen like Jason Giambi and Johnny Damon have gone from being grungy and scraggly to clean cut and proper.

It’s a stupid policy, but so is growing a beard that gets to just ridiculous lengths. Still, baseball is all about tradition and it seems this is a hairy new entry into the history of the sport.

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