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Listen to Vin Scully recount the definitive history of beards

Published May. 1, 2016 11:24 a.m. ET

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Nick Schwartz

A professional baseball player without any facial hair is becoming a rare sight, and the prevalence of bearded ballplayers sparked the curiousity of Los Angeles Dodgers broadcasting legend Vin Scully. 

Scully decided to "do some research" and presented a fascinating five-minute history of beards on Earth in the middle of Saturday's Padres-Dodgers game, as only Scully can.

Scully notes that Alexander the Great was one of the first notable enemies of bearded folk. 

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