SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) " Pharmacies and beauty stores across Puerto Rico are running out of hair dye as a growing number of men go blond in support of the island's baseball players who bleached their hair as a bonding ritual ahead of the World Baseball Classic. Puerto Rico will play Wednesday in the final against the winner of Tuesday night's game between the United States and Japan. Those who are bald have opted to dye their beards or goatees in a nod to Puerto Rico coach Carlos Delgado. But he noticed six male churchgoers had dyed their hair blond and decided to take the plunge Tuesday, calling a hair stylist friend to help him go platinum. "We wanted to do this to unite the team, and then the people of Puerto Rico, they started dying their hair, too," pitcher Edwin Diaz said.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 21, 2017 22:29 UTC