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Saturday, April 28, 2012

N.Y. Times: The Right Scruff

A sampling of iconic relief-pitcher facial hair, by Greg Hanlon. ...

Rollie Fingers, 1968-1985

The Barbershop Quartet: John Thorn, the official historian of Major League Baseball, considers Fingers’s mustache the best ever. “It looked like Fingers paid attention in the morning,” he says. ...

Eric (Goon) Gagne, 1999-2008

The King Tut: “When guys are appointed closers, they get a starter kit with music and facial hair,” says Tom Verducci, the baseball writer.

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