The New York Yankees have abandoned their half-century prohibition of beards, a policy that was archaic even from its infancy. Now I find myself strangely, unexpectedly bereft, stroking my own beard ...

Voting for the mascot’s name will be open from noon Friday until noon on March 18. The team says the winning name will be announced March 21 on the team’s website and social media pages.

The Yankees, as any Yankee fan will tell you, don’t have a mascot. They don’t put names on the back of their jerseys. And most crucially, they haven’t had a single player with a goatee ...