Bald is Beautiful For the New York Mets

I highly doubt that it was a tribute to former Met and current Brave Chris Woodward (besides, I couldn't find a picture of Barry Lyons without his hat), but the Mets tried a different look for Tuesday's game against San Francisco, as almost all of the Mets shaved their heads before the game.

Not everyone looks great, but then again, it's probably not that big a deal. After all, I said to Billy Wagner about his 'do, "That is one ugly looking cut." His reply was, "Yeah, but I'm rich."

They must have felt they needed to try anything against Giants fireballer Matt Cain, and it worked early as David Wright (who came up with the idea) and Carlos Beltran (who was the apparent barber) had back to back doubles off of Cain as two runs scored. It should be noted that Jose Reyes, who doubled to lead off the game, is one of the four players who did not shave his head (along with Aaron Sele, who has to take family pictures on Thursday, Aaron Heilman, and the fourth player to be revealed below).

Shawn Green did shave his head, and according to Wright during a pre-game interview, he wasn't thrilled with the prospect since he had to shave the hair that he just had styled in Arizona (I hope it wasn't too expensive). Since Green was fifth in the N.L. in hitting coming into the game, it might not have been the best idea to go bald ... and sure enough he went 0-for-4 (paging Delilah ... white courtesy phone).

Tom Glavine, who was the fourth Met player who did not shave his head (but in his in-game interview said that he doesn't think he's going to escape the barber too much longer), won his 294th career game despite giving up a home run to Barry Bonds (who's been bald for years and is now ten home runs away from Hank Aaron).

Bald is indeed beautiful.

Previously on The Fanhouse:
Barry Bonds Blasts 745