Just before each spring training, Jacob deGrom has his hair cut in the kitchen of his parents’ house in DeLand, Fla. His older sister, Jessica, a former hairdresser, styles it. The whole scene has become something of an event for the deGroms. They find it funny to watch a major league pitcher squirm.
“He’s a fidgety one,” Jessica said. “He’s just ready for it to get over.”
Before it is over, though, deGrom checks to see how he looks with a hat on. Not because he is worried about being noticed and mobbed off the field; he simply wants to keep his hair out of his face.