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Joba Chamberlain wants fans to choose his 2014 facial hair

We can't confirm that Joba Chamberlain actually threw his razor in the trash when he left the facial hair-banning New York Yankees behind, but the unrestrictive nature of his new team is affording the pitcher a new look.

“Look at this thing. It’s flush. It’s nice,” said Chamberlain of his beard to Intentional Talk's Kevin Millar and Chris Rose.

(Reminder: In the Bronx, no player, coach or executive may wear any facial hair except for a mustache... No wonder they couldn't compete with the Red Sox.)

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The new Tiger is in all-out beard mode in Lakeland, and he's willing to let fans decide how he should open 2014 in Detroit against the Royals.

In his interview with Millar and Rose -- he was wearing a green, glittery mask in his car, by the way -- Chamberlain opened up the poll for fans to decide via Twitter on #JobaStache, #JobaGoatee, #JobaBeard, #JobaClean, or the unmentioned #JobaHandlebar.

The 28-year-old said he'll appear on the program the day before Opening Day to reveal the results.

Here's the entire I.T. segment with Chamberlain:

[Courtesy MLB.com]

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