A very hairy situation...

Yes, I know they're not there to look good--they're there to play ball.  But when you get used to 'em looking good, and the first pictures coming outta Spring Training make 'em look slightly scary...well, we've just gotta hope that they're focusing so hard on their training that they simply don't have time to look in the mirror and/or acquaint themselves with razors.

Joe Mauer, who was apparently mistaken for Nick Blackburn (also a BILF) due to his beard, doesn't look too scary.  He looks much better clean-shaven, but he at least looks well-groomed.  Plus, I'm hearing that the beard gets shaven off today, which is fabulous news (I want to see the post-razor pictures, please!).

But Jayson Werth?  Totally scary.  Is he trying to channel his inner Sasquatch?  He looks much less like a svelte right fielder and much more like a hick or a caveman.  Let's hope that, like Mauer, Werth has the good sense to shave that thing off his face...

The Mauer picture was originally found here.
The Werth picture was originally found here.  Hat tip to my mom for alerting me to the fact that Werth looks like some sort of scary mountain man...


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