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High school Baseball player benched for growing his hair, to donate to cancer charity

If you’re going to be an uptight baseball coach imposing your values on a team, maybe find out the reason behind why your player is defying you.

James Dator
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.

Meet Liam. He plays high school baseball in Canada and is growing his hair so he can donate it to be made into wigs for children with cancer. This should be an event to be celebrated, but there’s a problem: His baseball coach believes in players only having short hair.

Liam’s mother shot this video of her son being benched because of his hair and stands up for him. While the reason isn’t explicitly mentioned, the whole event reminds us of one thing.

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