9 7 2 ▁Oak land ▁Athlet ic ' s ▁baseball ▁team , ▁a ▁team ▁that ▁broke ▁the ▁tradition ally ▁conserv ative ▁baseball ▁views ▁by ▁sport ing ▁must aches . ▁ ▁Prior ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁there ▁had ▁only ▁been ▁two ▁baseball ▁players ▁who ▁had ▁fa cial ▁hair ▁during ▁the ▁regular ▁season : ▁Stanley ▁" F rench y " ▁B ord agar ay ▁of ▁the ▁Brook lyn ▁D od gers , ▁who ▁was ▁then ▁ordered ▁to ▁sh ave ▁by ▁his ▁manager , ▁and ▁W ally ▁Sch ang ▁of ▁the ▁Philadelphia ▁A ' s . ▁This ▁changed ▁when ▁the ▁A ' s ▁out f iel der , ▁Reg gie ▁Jackson , ▁showed ▁up ▁to ▁spring ▁training ▁with ▁a ▁fully ▁grown ▁must ache ▁which ▁would ▁later ▁be ▁thought ▁of ▁as ▁the ▁catal yst ▁that ▁spark ed ▁the ▁move ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁conserv ative ▁baseball ▁era . ▁ ▁This ▁move ▁lead ▁to ▁the ▁World ▁Series ▁final ▁to ▁be ▁dub bed ▁" H airs ▁vs . ▁S qu ares ", ▁as ▁the ▁Oak land ▁A ' s ▁Must ache ▁Gang ▁faced ▁off ▁with ▁the ▁conserv atively ▁clean - sh aven ▁C inc inn ati ▁Red s . ▁ ▁The ▁Orig ins ▁ ▁Baseball , ▁before ▁ 1 9 7 2 , ▁was ▁tradition ally ▁known ▁as ▁a ▁conserv ative ▁era ▁where ▁all ▁players ▁were ▁clean ▁sh aven . ▁ ▁During ▁this ▁time ▁there ▁had ▁even ▁been ▁an ▁un written ▁rule ▁that ▁f rown ed ▁upon ▁players ▁with ▁fa cial ▁hair . ▁There ▁have ▁been