Unpacking Mike Fiers' incredibly bizarre baseball beard
It's been a tough weekend for hair.
As many of you know, Joe Keery got rid of his iconic luscious locks (RIP,) and now, we have the curious case of Mike Fiers' beard to discuss.
For those who missed it, the Oakland Athletics pitcher debuted an extremely unique curl of facial hair at a game in Texas on Saturday night. He appeared to be sporting a beard that resembled the letter "G" and only covered half of his face. You love/hate to see it!
New look for Mike Fiers…#RootedInOakland pic.twitter.com/ZFpBHXoq0u
— Brodie Brazil (@BrodieNBCS) September 14, 2019
SEE ALSO: In loving memory of Joe Keery's hair, gone but not forgotten
As Fiers played the beautiful game of baseball, fans and onlookers couldn't help but be distracted by his beard. Some felt compelled to tweet their confusion at the design, and others simply made jokes.
Mike Fiers: “I wanna look like a G”
Barber: Say no more fam pic.twitter.com/K9zlpLRYa3— Ryan Maquiñana (@RMaq28) September 15, 2019
Mike Fiers looks like he’s about to offer you free government money to help you start a business pic.twitter.com/jG8dt225ze
— Good Take Dunnah (@JDunnah) September 15, 2019
Mike Fiers: y’all seen my cat? pic.twitter.com/qGesMvPalD
— Francisco Rodriguez (@FranciscoFF707) September 15, 2019
Mike Fiers’ beard looks like one of the monkeys from Jumanji is about to strangle him pic.twitter.com/dgbyaZtQ1I
— Austin Huff (@AustinHuff) September 15, 2019
Is it the number six? The letter "G?" A ... cinnamon roll?
A's starter Mike Fiers showed off some ... strange facial hair in his start tonight 🤔https://t.co/eL8gQokP4V pic.twitter.com/djLCtUJA8m— A's on NBCS (@NBCSAthletics) September 15, 2019
That is the “I’m under contract for $8.1M next year and I don’t care what you think of my beard.” look... https://t.co/tOJTZmMJX4
— Big Mets Fan (@bigmetsfan1) September 15, 2019
Fiers looking like when you hit "random" in character creation in mlb the show. https://t.co/mPkcBWIac6
— Mando (@FalkynTV) September 15, 2019
You think the Yankees are bad for not allowing facial hair but they’re really preventing shit like the monstrosity on Mike Fiers face. Chess not checkers
— regina phalange (@allstarsevy) September 15, 2019
Been so focused on a story that I’m only just noticing Mike Fiers’ Death Spiral facial hair. I support his willingness to do weird stuff but also it looks like he lost a bet to the Riddler pic.twitter.com/vSYR1Lzsmx
— Levi Weaver (@ThreeTwoEephus) September 15, 2019
As for why Fiers looked like a dude from a Guess Who card, in a clean-shaven interview, he explained to reporters that he was "Just being funny, having fun with these guys."
"It's a long season, we're in mid-September and just to give the guys a laugh, I'm kinda the guy they want to laugh at, so they dared me to do it or didn't think I'd go out and pitch with it. But I don't care," Fiers said per NBC Sports.
"We were just looking up fun things to do because I was thinking about shaving my beard and starting fresh," the player said. "But we were thinking about something funny to do and we were searching on Google for funny beards and that was one of them that came up."
So there you have it, folks. The beard was inspired by a bunch of pals doing a Google search.