Bearded Pleasure

What is it that makes a player great. Is it raw athletic ability? hand eye coordination? anticipation and instincts? A great coach? Great Teammates? Likely its a combination of all of these... or perhaps it is just having a killer beard!!?!?!

The Red Sox are not the first team to grow gnarly playoff beards but they are the most recent victors to showcase this wonderful method.Is it any coincidence that the 04 and 2013 Red Sox were underdogs all throughout the playoffs but somehow managed magic..... while having beards. Is it a coincidence that the 2010 - 2011 bruins were able to pull off a miraculous upset over Vancouver ... with huge beards. Not only has the Beard produced amazing upsets over the years but a lack of a beard has caused the exact opposite. (The Beard Givith and the beard takith away) How Strange that an elite young scoring prospect with a quick trigger in Tyler Seguin could barely hit an open net in the playoffs as he struggled to grow a beard, while just 2 years earlier Mark Recchi at  the age of 87 could fly around the ice, score goals, and fist fight Canuck players.

I'm not saying having a beard does or does not make a championship team. But if you're facing an underdog opponent who has a grizzly beard.... you're in for a fight.