They say a picture is worth a thousand words. But Brewers closer John Axford left a lot of people without words when he tweeted a picture of his shaved facial hair last night. The shorn hair was rearranged to resemble its former location on Axford’s face.
The shave and the picture made the media rounds, even making an appearance on Baseball Tonight. Axford’s mighty ’stache was featured in GQ’s April MLB preview where he fought in a “bullpen beard-off,” ultimately losing to the legendary whiskers of San Francisco Giants pitcher Brian Wilson. Axford also made headlines last week when he left an adorable note for the media after ending his 49-game save streak.
However, Axford is known as a joker. Could this whole thing just be a prank? Until his clean-shaven face is seen tomorrow, our resident Sports Nut, Howie Magner, will “assume this is from a trim of his mane.”
