it started in spring training and snowballed. styles range from trim with attached sideburns to a beard bushey enough to cushion yourself on a fence, okay maybe an above average beard can t raise a batting average. they went from a terrible year last year to the world series this year. david ortiz is referring to sampson before delilah, at least he was until delilah cut the source of his strength, his hair, before that, sampson was invincible. forget the feeding lions. the fans seem to love having so many team members looking like castaways. back in september, fans got tickets to the game for a buck if they wore beards on dollar beard night. that s the worst looking beard i ve ever seen.
he s four weeks old. i m calling it the four ball count. reporter: even tee shirts are bearded in boston. everyone wants to touch it. reporter: of course not every player is fuzzy. he wore a beard for years then shaved it of about the season started. no one gives him grief because his relief pitching has been such a relief. he s playing better clean shaven. but all those beards can give the opposition facial hair envy, even though st. louis cardinal jason matt has a beard worthy of stroking. they have a good amount of beards. those things are pretty nice. reporter: wild the world series may not live up to the billing savage drama, why settle for sampson and delilah, when you can see naply and goems trying to pull each other s beards. jeanne moos, cnn, new york.