Saturday, October 3, 2015
Major League Baseball and Celebrities having an impact on a Beards?
Having a beard is soo common for men now days. Everywhere you go you are bound to see a guy with a beard. But the question is why are there soo many? One of the biggest reasons why I think beards are soo popular right now is because of how they are portrayed on TV. Actors such as Johnny Depp, Jake Gyllenhal, and Adam Levine are a few of many that rock beards right now. Baseball however, is by far the biggest in the beard industry. Just take a look next time you watch a MLB game. Beards in baseball symbolize a sense of superstition. Tentatively players start growing their beards in April when the season starts. As the season progresses their beard will convey a sense of toughness and dedication on their journey for a World Series title in October. Dodgers MVP/ Cy Young pitcher Clayton Kershaw said, "Having a beard portrays more intimidation because I look so young without a beard," he says. "I don't want people thinking they're facing a 12-year-old out there." (LA Times) With such an iconic baseball player like Clayton Kershaw growing a beard, his image is portrayed to millions of people across the country which is why I believe beards in baseball has set such a strong impact for facial hair growth.
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If you think Baseball is the biggest showcase for beards, you should talk notice to those in other sports, especially hockey. I, being a hockey player myself, and an avid follower of the NHL, there are just as many, if not more, players with beards in the NHL as there are in the MLB. The beard is one form of visual representation for the viewer to determine the veteran players from the more rookie players. The younger players aren't so easily capable to grow full beards, they come of patchy and incomplete, but if you were to compare them to an established player, his beard will be thick and full. It's a representation of maturity. That player has obviously been in the business for a few years, and by making that statement, you also make the statement of dominance. Since they have been here and have done much more than the others, it, like Kershaw says in your article, a form of intimidation. "Don't f*** with me". You're a bigger man, a wiser man, a stronger man, and older man, with a beard
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