BRADENTON, Fla. — Bubba Chandler doesn't carry himself like someone facing an enormous challenge.
Tufts of hair emerging from his hat portend a mullet Chandler's trying to regrow, a laugh-inducing hairstyle he considers part of his "identity." There's also the outline of a mustache that may or may not witness the Bogart, Ga., native's PNC Park debut in a few years.
"I'm not really blessed with facial hair," the good-natured Chandler said at Pirate City earlier this week. "We'll get there one day. Give me a few years."
