Giants manager Gabe Kapler took a deep dive into the controversial topic on whether or not players who sport a full beard counts as participating in the team’s Mustache May initiative.
Just five weeks into the 2022 MLB season, the Giants have already been surrounded by controversy.
First, it was Mauricio Dubón laying down a bunt up nine runs against the San Diego Padres. A couple of weeks later, the Washington Nationals had issues with Thairo Estrada stealing a base in the ninth inning up six runs.
On Wednesday afternoon, though, Giants manager Gabe Kapler addressed perhaps the most polarizing controversy surrounding the club.
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If a player is sporting a full beard, is he participating in Mustache May -- the Giants' new annual tradition in the clubhouse?
“This is sort of like the ‘is a hamburger a sandwich’ question,” Kapler said ahead of San Francisco’s 7-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies. “Hot dog -- is that a sandwich? This is about mustaches since it’s Mustache May.”
Kapler, who might be biased because he wears a beard himself, thinks himself as a participant.
“If you go to the barber shop and you have a full beard, the barber may say, ‘Would you like me to leave your mustache a little bit longer?’ Doesn’t that mean that you have a mustache? Do you have a full beard? We have a lot of players who wear full beards. In my opinion, they are participating in Mustache May."
Following the win at Oracle Park, shortstop Brandon Crawford agreed with his manager.
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“I think it comes as a package. It’s part of a beard," he told the Giants Postgame Live crew. "So, yeah, I guess I’m part of it. Last week, I did trim up the beard a little bit and I left the mustache length, so I’m kind of playing into it a little bit.”
The Giants were clearly on the right side of the eye-rolling unwritten rules argument. But this mustache-beard controversy?
Maybe ... not so much.
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