Just because the New York Yankees are allowing their players to rock beards for the first time in nearly 50 years, it doesn't mean everyone is going to.

Captain Aaron Judge told reporters on Saturday that despite the policy getting a makeover, he answered "No" when asked if he would grow some facial hair.

"I got drafted by this organization, so the very first day I was here, I’ve been shaving since 2013," Judge said. "This is what I know, this is what I’m used to. I look around the building, look at old photos of the past legends and people that played here, they all followed that rule, so I just tried to follow on their path."

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However, he is all for the change, echoing the same sentiments team owner Hal Steinbrenner did - Steinbrenner, who lifted the rule that his dad, George, implemented in 1976, hinted that he was afraid that players would not come to the Yankees in the future because of the rule. Note that Vladimir Guerrero Jr., MLB's next big free agent, has had a beard a majority of his career. 

"I really didn’t think it was that big of a deal until it got brought up the past couple weeks. I think the rule will be good. I think it’ll help a lot of guys. If it gets us a couple more players that’ll help us win games, everybody will be on board for that," Judge continued.

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Steinbrenner told reporters Friday, "If I ever found out that a player we wanted to acquire to make us better, to get us a championship, did not want to be here, and if he had the ability, would not come here, because of that policy … that would be very, very concerning."

Yankees Hall of Famers CC Sabathia and Derek Jeter have both grown beards since retiring. Players often grow facial hair when leaving the Yankees or during the offseason.

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New York Yankees superstar Aaron Judge thinks the Yankees have a better chance of winning the World Series than their crosstown rivals, the New York Mets. 

Judge, 32, was asked about his former teammate, Juan Soto, and Soto’s apparent conclusion that he had a better chance to win with the Mets than the Yankees. 

"That's his opinion. He can say what he wants. I definitely disagree with him. I wasn't too surprised by it, I think that's where he wanted to be," Judge said to reporters on Monday during a press conference. 

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Soto signed a record-breaking 15-year, $765 million contract with the Mets this offseason. If Soto opts out after the fifth year of his contract, the Mets can void it by making the total value of the contract $805 million. 

"The Mets are a great organization and what they have done in the past couple of year showing the ability to keep winning, to keep growing a team, to try and grow a dynasty, is one of the most important things," Soto said when asked why he chose to sign with the Mets in free agency.

Soto’s deal is the richest contract in the history of professional sports, and Judge said Monday he is happy for his former teammate.

"I think that’s where is best for him and his family. He got a pretty nice deal over there, you can’t say no that. But I’m happy for him, he got a good deal. He’s going to be in a great spot. It’s going to be great having him in town. We are going to be battling back and forth for quite a few years. I’m definitely happy for him," Judge said. 

Judge and Soto were the big leagues' best duo last season. 

Judge won the American League MVP after clubbing a league high 58 home runs and driving in the most runs in baseball (144) while maintaining a sparkling .322 batting average.

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Soto finished third in the AL MVP race, as he had the best season of his career while hitting in front of Judge. 

Soto hit a career high 41 home runs and hit .288, while getting on base at a .419 clip. 

Judge knows it is impossible to replace Soto, but he likes what the Yankees have done to make up for his loss. 

"Soto is one-of-a-kind man, he’s a special player. Excited for him and his new chapter with the Mets, but we added a lot of new pieces here, starting with (Cody) Bellinger and (Paul) Goldschmidt. Two guys that are former MVP’s, guys that are still wanting to improve, still want to get better," Judge said. 

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"They are going to add such a different dynamic to this team. It really lengthens our whole lineup when you have those guys batting in the middle of your order a lot of good things are going to happen. You can't replace a guy like Juan Soto, but you bring in guys like this that are All Star, MVP caliber players."

The Yankees acquired Bellinger in a trade with the Chicago Cubs and signed Goldschmidt to a one-year deal in free agency. 

Bellinger won the 2019 NL MVP with the Los Angeles Dodgers and has spent the last two seasons with the Cubs.

Bellinger hit .266 and hit 18 home runs with the Cubs last season, and he plays a strong centerfield. 

Goldschmidt won the NL MVP in 2022 but struggled last season as he got off a slow start before bouncing back. He hit .245 with 22 home runs in 154 games last season. 

Those two will be tasked with replacing the hole Soto left in the Yankees lineup, as they try to make it back to the World Series after losing to the Dodgers in five games. 

Soto will be relied upon to anchor the Mets lineup alongside Francisco Lindor, as the Mets have World Series aspirations after a surprise run to the NLCS last season. 

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• Mike Judge's film "Idiocracy" became a cult hit despite initial studio neglect.
• Like Judge's previous film "Office Space," DVD rentals helped "Idiocracy" gain popularity.
• Luke Wilson told Business Insider he has a sequel idea he's pitched to Judge.

Since its release almost two decades ago, Mike Judge's "Idiocracy" has become a beloved comedy, even and perhaps especially as people have begun drawing similarities between its plot and real-life events.

Though star Luke Wilson says it's the movie that fans still bring up to him the most, he calls its eventual success "the biggest surprise." When the film was initially released by 20th Century Fox in 2006, the studio had no faith in it.

"I'll never forget I was reading the LA Times before the movie opened, and I saw a small ad that said 'Idiocracy,' and only three theaters were listed," Wilson told Business Insider in his interview for our Role Play series. "So I called Mike Judge, and he told me the studio dumped the movie. I was bummed out."

The movie went on to only make $440,000 at the domestic box office.

Judge had been through this before. His previous movie, "Office Space," opened in 1999 with zero notice, though it would go on to become a pop-culture sensation once it hit DVD and cable in the early 2000s.

"Idiocracy" had the same post-theatrical success. In 2007, it took in $9 million in DVD rentals, 20 times its domestic gross.

In the comedy, Wilson plays Joe, who agrees to an experiment that, due to unforeseen events, results in him being in hibernation for 500 years. He awakes in a future where the population is illiterate and obsessed with big-box stores and the president is a former professional wrestler.

The movie gained pop-culture notoriety during Donald Trump's first run for president. At the time, "Idiocracy" screenwriter Etan Cohen tweeted, "I never expected #idiocracy to become a documentary."

Wilson has always been game to do a sequel, and told BI he often pitches Judge on the idea.

"I've always told him, how about me and Terry Crews and Dax Shepard coming back to the present day," Wilson said. "We see Terry's Camacho character become president, Dax's character runs a movie studio. I'm always pitching that to Mike. He gets a kick out of it."

Business Insider contacted Mike Judge for comment but didn't receive a response.

To nobody’s surprise, Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani were named the AL and NL MVPs Thursday, each receiving all 30 first-place votes.

He may not have broken his single-season home run record he set during his 2022 MVP season, but the New York Yankees captain was once again dominant at the plate to receive his second career nod as the MVP in the American League.

Judge beat out Juan Soto, who he hopes to play with again in 2025 in pinstripes, and Kansas City Royals phenom Bobby Witt Jr., who received all 30 second-place votes.

Judge led the league in homers for the third time in his career, launching 58 long balls while posting league highs in WAR (10.8), RBIs (144), slugging percentage (.701), on-base percentage (.458) and OPS+ (223).

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While Soto’s production helped the Yankees reach the World Series alongside Judge, Witt owned the league’s best batting average at .332, while hitting 32 homers with 109 RBIs. Soto had 41 homers and 109 RBIs.

Judge’s postseason production was much different, but this is a regular-season award.

The slugger had trouble finding a rhythm despite the Yankees reaching the World Series. He slashed .184/.344/.408 with three homers and nine RBIs over 14 games.

Ohtani inked a record-shattering $700 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers in the offseason and underwent elbow surgery prior to the start of the 2024 campaign, forcing him off the mound the entire season. At the start of the season, he found himself in a gambling scandal in which millions had been smuggled from him by his interpreter to pay off betting debts. It was eventually determined Ohtani did not know about the gambling, nor did he bet himself.

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Fans wondered if he would be able to have an MVP-type season strictly as a DH. 

The Dodgers superstar became the first player in MLB history to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in the same season. The home run ball that made history sold for a record $4.39 million. His 134 runs scored and 411 total bases were the most in the majors, and he led the National League in home runs (54), RBIs (130), on-base percentage (.390), slugging percentage (646) and a 9.2 bWAR. 

His .310 average in the NL was second behind only Luis Arráez's .314, and his 59 stolen bases trailed only Elly De La Cruz, who swiped five more bags.

Ohtani won the AL MVP in 2021 and 2023 as a member of the crosstown Angels while finishing second to Judge in 2022. The Yankees outfielder hit 62 home runs that season, setting a new American League record. Francisco Lindor and Ketel Marte finished in second and third, respectively.

Ohtani becomes the 12th player to win the MVP Award three times.

Safe to say the contract is off to a nice start.

Judge and Ohtani faced off in the World Series, and Ohtani came away with his first World Series title. It was the first time two eventual MVPs faced off in a World Series since 2012, when Buster Posey’s Giants defeated Miguel Cabrera and the Tigers.

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