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Yankees’ viral bat boy’s band earns gig, gains 1,000 followers after uproar about banned long hair

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Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. For the first time maybe ever, someone was wearing an official New York Yankees uniform on the field with long hair.

The Yankees, of course, have not allowed beards or hair "below the collar" since George Steinbrenner purchased the team in the 1970s.

Randy Johnson and Johnny Damon both famously got rid of their luscious locks once they were signed to the Bronx Bombers. Yankees play-by-play announcer Michael Kay joked that bat boy Nate Rosenhaus was breaking the rules – although plenty of Yankee fans called into his radio show to legitimately complain.  CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM The New York Yankees logo (Sarah Stier/Getty Images) "To see a Yankee uniform and somebody wearing that uniform with that sort of hair, the players aren't allowed, I don't know if the bat boy should be allowed," Kay said on Monday's broadcast.

It should be noted that Rosenhaus actually works for the Cleveland Guardians, whom the Yankees were visiting earlier this week.

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