Yankees manager Aaron Boone has a rule for new outfielder Alex Verdugo: One chain per game
During his time with the Boston Red Sox, Alex Verdugo frequently played with several gaudy chains bouncing around his neck
HOUSTON (AP) — During his time with the Boston Red Sox, Alex Verdugo frequently played with several gaudy chains bouncing around his neck. He packs at least six for every road trip, and he's lost count of how many he owns.
In his first season with the famously clean-cut New York Yankees, Verdugo has been given an order by manager Aaron Boone: only one chain per game.
“It’s kind of been hard, man,” Verdugo said. “Because usually I'm used to wearing like three of four.”
Verdugo looks like a new man with New York, stripped of all but one diamond-studded necklace so far this season and also missing his signature ginger beard. The Yankees have a strict appearance policy put in place by owner George Steinbrenner in 1976 that, among other things, limits hair length and bans facial hair besides mustaches. The policy has been criticized in recent years, including by former players Andrew McCutchen and Cameron Maybin, for limiting the ways players can express themselves.
