. >> your manager, john ferrell, said he had to do a little bit of a double take, especially seeing the difference. we got the side by side here. i mean, you know, this is not the same person when you look at the side by side photos. >> well, free agency here. you know, shave some years off, you know? so yeah, the whole thing was a setup. >> did anybody say wait, i don't quite recognize you? >> yeah, i had to pick them up the first day. and when i was driving i couldn't even look at them. i wanted to talk to you. it was like -- driving, looking out the side of my eyes and it was just different. >> you didn't shave, you trimmed a little bit but you didn't shave. >> i mean, i liked it. i don't know, it is matter of me and i don't think i have a wife like these guys. >> i did shed a tear when i cut mine off. i was like man what did i just do? it was a lot of work to get that thing where it was. >> do you think if you hit a rough patch in the season maybe the fears are going to start to come out again? >> no, i mean, there was a couple of rough patches with the beard. we didn't want to take