This Yankees team is about to look different than any other in a generation. Managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner announced on Friday that the organization has amended its long-standing facial grooming policy,

For half a century, players on the New York Yankees were not allowed to have beards. Now, the team is lifting the decades-old facial hair policy and allowing for “well-groomed” beards.

The New York Yankees are changing a nearly 50-year-old policy that banned beards. Here are some things to know about the history of beards in major league baseball.