Thursday, December 22, 2005
Hair Today Gone Tomorrow
New Yankees centerfielder Johnny Damon has been known to claim that he wears his beard and hair long because of a nasty skin condition. More power to Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for imposing a sartorial and grooming standard requiring Damon to get a haircut and a shave. But when the hair comes off, what if he looks like Vincent Price in "Return to the House of Wax?"
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Doctor X -- the 'Baseball Medic' -- is an anonymous U.S. government trauma specialist with a Duke University sports medicine background and more than 20 years experience in emergency medicine. From time to time he considers MLB rumors, events and news reports as they pertain to baseball players' injuries, illnesses and various other disabilities, both on the field and off.
MLB Rumors editor Greg Fieg is a former sports news editor and award-winning writer whose bylines have appeared on the wires of the Associated Press and in numerous publications, including San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio Light, Houston Chronicle and Philadelphia Bulletin. He formerly was posted in various positions on the U.S.-Mexican border with Freedom Newspapers, and was a regular, independent contributor to United Press International.