Reply to "Help! Long-haired pitcher son can't keep hat on"

bjer100+ posts

I agree with 2019OF about long hair being a part of modern baseball culture. (If he really is a 2019 OF, then he should know.) And my experience is that how you play matters a 1000x more than your hairstyle. My word, how else did all these Bohemians break into the MLB??

Again, my preference is for tidy, old-school hair. I wish every team looked like the Yankees, and every locker room smelled like Burma-Shave before game time. That's not today's reality, though.

I don't like my kid having a mop-head. And I tell him. But it's his thing. I don't let my kid curse, or treat women with disrespect, or vape, or do drugs, or accept mediocre grades, or not help when it's time to clean the kitchen. But his hair? Who cares? Let him be his own guy.

I just don't want his hat falling off when he pitches. I draw the line on that.

7/22/196:09 PM

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