Fans are ‘buzzing’ about Vladdy’s new look

TUESDAY NIGHT: Guerrero shows up to the Rockies' game sans dreadlocks. Although the Angels won 4-3, Guerrero's haircut didn't help his struggles. He went 0 for 4 and, since returning from injury May 25, has batted .280 with no home runs and 7 RBIs.
2008: By midseason, Guerrero's hair was in postseason form.
2007: By the end of the season, Guerrero's dreadlocks were getting long.
2006: Guerrero has budding dreadlocks in this May 31 photo.
2005: In 2005, the Angels changed their name, and Guerrero starts changing his hair. His locks are seen seen getting longer in this May 24 photo.
2004: Just before his first season with the Angels, Guerrero is keeping his hair short and styled in this Feb. 14 photo at Angels Fest 2004. That season, he was named the AL's Most Valuable Player.
2003: Guerrero is looking sharp at a press conference in Angel Stadium on Dec. 12 announcing his five-year contract with the Angels.
... he looks clean cut in this April 29, 2003 photo. He's holding his wrist in pain after being hit by a pitch from Milwaukee's Matt Kinney.
2003: In Guerrero's spring training photo from his last season with the Expos, we see early signs of the scraggly Vladdi most Angel fans are used to, yet ...
2002: Guerrero starts growing his hair - and his goatee - in his second-to-last season with the Expos.
2001: A lean and mean Guerrero (27) high fives teammates Brian Schneider (39) and Lee Stevens, center, after the Expos beat the Mets 10-3 on June 21 at Shea Stadium.
2000: Guerrero makes the cover of the May 1, 2000, Sports Illustrated. That season, he would bat .345 - the highest average of his career. USC and UCLA football fans have to love the Notre Dame teaser at the upper left ...
1999: Guerrero in his fourth season with the Montreal Expos, when he played in 160 games and batted .316 with 42 home runs and 131 RBIs. He was 24 years old.
1996: Vladimir Guerrero's rookie card. In his debut season in the majors, he played in only nine games. In 27 at bats, he posted a .185 batting average - the lowest of his career.
Vladimir Guerrero, seen stretching Oct. 5, 2008 at Fenway Park, ditched his dreadlocks for a shaved head. Click here to see Guerrero's look - from a fresh-faced Expo to a grizzled Angel - evolve over the years.

By Orange County Register | Orange County Register

June 24, 2009 at 3:00 a.m.

Click on the photo to view a chronological slideshow of Guerrero’s look from his debut in 1996 to his shaved head Tuesday night.

Love the look Vladdy.

Of course, that’s coming from a guy who’s been shaving his head since he was 14.

Tuesday afternoon, Angels slugger Vladimir Guerrero showed up at Angel Stadium with a new look – a shaved head to replace the wily dreadlocks he had been growing the past year.

Here’s hoping for a reverse Samson effect on Guerrero’s plate prowess, which has struggled of late.