Sometime between the first inning and the third inning of Tuesday night’s Nationals game against the Phillies, Nats shortstop Ian Desmond shaved his chin beard. There’s photographic evidence and everything. Look above. Chin beard on the left, no chin beard on the right.

No word on why Desmond decided to get rid of the whiskers in the middle of a professional baseball game, but if I had to guess, I’d guess that it was because it was getting scratchy.

(Thanks to Cut 4 for sharing.)