Guerrero and Ordonez take reverse-Samson approach

Earlier this week Vladimir Guerrero shaved off his trademark dreadlocks
in an effort to break out of his season-long slump and yesterday
Magglio Ordonez followed suit by trimming his … well, I’m not quite
sure what you’d call his previous hair style, but it was long. Steve
Kornacki of MLive.com has all the details:

Magglio Ordonez, at the suggestion of his wife, had a stylist come
to his home today and cut off the curly black locks of hair that had
become a big part of his persona as a Detroit Tiger. “It has been five
years,” said Ordonez, who grew the hair out shortly after joining the
Tigers in 2005. “It’s a change, an overhauling. Maybe I will hit the
like the old Magglio.”

Ordonez caused quite a stir walking into the clubhouse, and a
teammate shouted, “He looks like [Armando] Galarraga!” Asked about
that, Galarraga smiled and said, “They are trying to say he looks
good.” … Tigers manager Jim Leyland joked about wanting to make a
toupee out of some of Ordonez’s clippings. “And I want a red perm”
Leyland said. “I just kind of like the color red.”

Good to know, Jim. Good to know.

So far at least the reverse-Samson approach has worked for both players. Guerrero went 2-for-5 with three RBIs last night, smacking his first homer since April 12, and Ordonez collected a pair of hits in a Tigers victory.

Better yet, Ordonez is now auctioning off his old locks for charity, complete with a picture of the giant pile of hair.