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Brewphoria: Mustaches

By Dominic Shelden

Story Created: Aug 10, 2011 at 6:04 PM MDT

Story Updated: Aug 10, 2011 at 9:31 PM MDT

Beards in the NBA-playoff stubble in the NHL--facial hair, its just part of sports, but beards are not allowed in the milwaukie brewers organization, the only sort of facial hair they can sport is a mustache, and in honor of that look, once a year the Helena squad grows out their best mustaches for the promotional event Mustache Monday.

“I started off with a little baby mustache and now you know it’s blossoming,” says outfielder Max Walla.

“You gotta have confidence in the mustache, and confidence in the Power of the stache, and it’ll pay off for you,” says catcher Parker Berberet.

“I mean it’s like a weight lifter-you gotta work out, and you gotta eat the right foods and it’s the same with mustaches," says hitting coach Ned Yost.

The event allowed anyone with a mustache, real or fake to get into the game for a discounted rate, but the players favorite part of mustache Monday is the competition amongst the team to see who has the best whiskers.

“Ned keeps his up, and Parker’s is just growing all over his lips, so I mean every food he eats, he tastes his mustache,” says outfielder Kenny Allison

“Parker has the best mustache, Ned might be a little angry that I say that," Says Walla.

“All I know is Parker doesn’t have his face on a Tshirt-I do. If he wants to have best mustache on the team, that’s fine, because I have the best mustache in the league," Says Yost.

While the facial hair may be short lived for many, the team says as soon as the mustache is in full effect, there’s an undeniable transformation that happens not only on the outside, but in personality as well.

"Kinda have to have a whole different swagger about you. You go play away games, they are all over you for a bad mustache or whatever, you just gotta play through it," Says Berberet

“I feel a lot smarter, I read more, which is weird, I can play the flute all of a sudden…it’s weird how that happens," Says Yost.

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