Some might credit the Los Angeles Dodgers recent offensive explosion ? 38 runs over the last five games ? to a number of different things.
Matt Kemp's MVP-caliber April. Andre Ethier's in-progress 21-game hitting streak. Being able to face the Chicago Cubs pitching staff.
The Dodgers themselves, though? They're praising manager Don Mattingly's recent reluctance to use a razor. Not on his sideburns, but on his goatee.
The only problem, Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times reports, is that Mrs. Mattingly doesn't approve of the celebration on her husband's chin. And so the team's run of good luck might be threatened if he decided to break out the Bic before seeing her in about 10 days.
While conceding that Mattingly looks better cleanshaven, catcher�Rod Barajas pleaded with his manager's new wife to withstand the unsightliness.
"He has some white in there," Barajas said. "He might want to try Just For Men. I feel bad for his wife, but that's the game. The hair's staying. This game is all about superstition."
Looking at the picture atop this post ? which was taken on Saturday ? it's hard to believe that the Dodgers would believe they're deriving any power from a weak goatee that Todd Helton probably grows before lunch time. Still, I guess I can approve of anything that the Dodgers believe helped jumpstart their offense after a slow start this season.
As well as anything that gives us baseball bloggers an excuse to post this video.
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