After watching ‘Top Gun,’ Orioles rookie Adley Rutschman grew a mustache. But it won’t be here long. – The Mercury News

Brandon Hyde doesn’t care what his gamers determine to do with their facial hair. If it results in manufacturing on the sector, he’s all for slightly enjoyable — even when he would decline becoming a member of in himself.

The Orioles supervisor doesn’t thoughts how the mustache above Adley Rutschman’s high lip appears to be like, although, particularly because the rookie catcher’s protection behind the plate excels and his bat frequently improves in the course of the first month of his main league profession.

The inspiration for that may’ve come from the massive display screen. After Rutschman watched “Prime Gun: Maverick,” he was moved by the facial hair of Lt. Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw, performed by actor Miles Teller.

“I noticed the film, I used to be like, ‘Ah, I ought to develop out a mustache,’” mentioned Rutschman, baseball’s high prospect. “It’s one thing to do.”

The thick ’stache on “Rooster” isn’t completely replicated by the 24-year-old Rutschman, nonetheless. How lengthy will it stick round?

“Eh, most likely not too lengthy,” Rutschman conceded. “I don’t know if I pull it off that nice.”

Rutschman isn’t alone. Through the highway journey in Kansas Metropolis, co-hitting coach Ryan Fuller donned a mustache. Ryan Mountcastle has added a wisp of 1, and on the sector throughout batting observe this week, he sang a rendition of “Hazard Zone” by Kenny Loggins, the theme tune for “Prime Gun.”

It’s taking the clubhouse by drive.

“I believe mustaches are actually coming again. It type of jogs my memory of my dad in 1982,” Hyde mentioned. “I believe when you go searching proper now, you see much more mustaches, and I believe that it’s a pattern with the younger guys. Perhaps even the older guys. So if it makes them really feel good, I’m all for it. No matter makes them really feel good.”

When requested if he’d contemplate rising a mustache, Hyde pointed to his bearded face earlier than capturing down the likelihood.

“I’ve not. That is unhealthy already,” Hyde mentioned. “I believe to intensify simply above the higher lip I don’t assume could be an awesome look.”

But when it really works for Rutschman, that’s all Hyde cares about. Regardless of the inspiration.

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