Ex-MLBer Brian Wilson shaved off beautiful beard

Former Major League pitcher Brian Wilson was known for a few things during his career: His fastball, his quirkiness that kept us all on our toes … and one of sports' best beards.

Behold!

Here's why this is relevant: Yahoo's Tim Brown reports the former fireballing reliever who last pitched in 2014 wants to make a comeback as … a knuckleballer!

The twist here is that beautiful beard is no more. Check out this photo from Brown:

Whatttt?!? It's gone!

This is also a reminder that Wilson was once a beardless reliever.

I'm rooting for Wilson to make a comeback, not just because it's possible he'll grow more epic facial hair. It's so we'll get more moments like this: