. >> when charlie finlay owned the athletics in the 70s he paid his player to grow facial hair.rrent owner isn't about to dish out the money but he isn't going to stop it either. >> it's like the tarps, you know, i like them and other people don't. i'm not going to ask them to remove them. >> now this beard off has officially crossed over to reddicks other love, professional wrestling. >> he is the king of beards. >> we can go on twitter and challenging me to a beard off to the end of the year. of course i'm going to say yes. >> and you are not -- >> everybody knows i'm a huge wrestling guy. no shaving throughout the year. no matter what goes down. >> this is not part of the a's fear the beard campaign. it's just another opportunity for this fun loving bunch to unite. >> sure. why can't it be, you know? we had such a close clubhouse last year and in anything you can use in bringing each other together i sympathy big. >> not every player is on board with this facial hair idea. but the bearded terror, he hopes it keeps growing every day. >> so it's pretty clear to see where ever t