The ban was lifted by owner Marge Schott in February 1999 at the behest of outfielder Greg Vaughn, who had just been acquired from San Diego.

Schott, who owned the Reds from 1984 to 1999, was banned from managing the team in 1996 after she spoke admiringly of Adolf Hitler, saying that he “was good in the beginning, but went too far.” ...

When the outfielder told the Reds that he didn't want to shave his beard, Reds owner Marge Schott acquiesced, effectively ending the longstanding policy. Vaughn spent only one season in Cincinnati ...

who lifted their ban when newly acquired Greg Vaughn took his beard all the way to the top and got then-owner Marge Schott to rescind the policy in 1999. One Reds great, who played the entirety of ...