Hello and welcome to the In The Pen podcast, a podcast about relievers, part of the

Pictureless Podcast Network.

My name is Jake Crumpler.

And as always, I'm joined by pictureless bullpen expert, Rick Graham.

Rick, we're both guys with facial hair.

I think that's pretty apparent.

If it's not apparent, then you're clearly listening

on a podcast platform. Make sure to tune in live on YouTube where you can see our beautiful faces

and, of course, our beautiful facial hair. But Rick, how often do you shave? How long have you

had a beard for you ever considered going straight, clean shaven back again?

Um, yeah. So the last time I was clean-shaven, I think was 2016 when I was I was working for a college

baseball program and we were all, we all decided to be clean-shaven for our team picture

and whatnot.

And I looked like I was 14 years old and I hated it.

And I, yeah, I'm very, I, you know, I just said, I like having the beard.

It makes, it's just, like, gives me, I don't know, makes me feel older, I guess. Or I don't know if we're distinguished. I don't know um makes we feel older I guess or I don't know if we're

distinguished I don't know but yeah yeah it looks just like really weird and young

without the without the beard I mean I usually trim it like you know once or twice a

week try to keep it you know around the same length but yeah, that's, that's pretty much how I don't do

anything too crazy with it. I don't use like products or anything. I know that's, in a lot of people do.

Yeah, I was considering that too. I think for maybe Christmas last year or my birthday a year ago or so,

I asked my mom to get me like I don't know some sort of oil from

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