You'll always know when Stephen A. Smith will be heated.
On Friday, ESPN's character allowed his anger to boil in response to the Yankees' decision to hold a lengthy press conference to discuss their new face hair policies.
The Yankees finally announced on Friday that they had updated their long-standing facial hair policy.
“After much consideration, we hope that players and uniformed personnel will advance their well-dressed whiskers,” owner Hal Steinbrenner said in a statement Friday. .
“It's the right time to move beyond the familiar comforts of previous policies.”
Smith is not a Yankee fan, but he wasn't particularly angry at the change in policy itself.
Instead, he was troubled by the club's 20-minute press time dedicated to the subject.
“A 20-minute press conference over the hair on his face? Smith cried out to ESPN.
“I couldn't believe it,” he continued. “I'm a Yankee fan. You know I'm a stubborn Yankee fan. I'm trying to keep my cool. You understand what I'm saying But I'm damn. You haven't won a World Series title since 2009. Since then, you've never been to one until last year. You were assaulted by the Dodgers.
“And did the facial hair come to the press conference?”
The Yankees just made the World Series last season, but have not hanged banners since the 2009 Championship.
And after losing Juan Soto to Crosstown rival Mets, fans like Smith lose patience in the organization's long-term World Series drought, approaching 20 years.
