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Mike Piazza
With a few hours to kill before Monday's game, Mike Piazza went to the Mario Tricoci salon in Chicago and figured he'd "liven things up a little bit" with a new hairdo. Before: With the Mets wallowing near the NL East basement, Atlanta stole four bases on six tries against Piazza on Sunday.
After: Piazza didn't play Monday, but was 1-for-4 and had three Cubs steal on him Tuesday.
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Madonna
The Material Girl changes her hair about as often as Piazza homers. In 1999, Maddy briefly experimented with jet-black hair for her "geisha" look, but she quickly returned to her Blonde Ambition.
Before: After winning only one Grammy in her career, Madonna won three as a brunette in '99.
After: Since going blonde again, she has had her second child, married director Guy Ritchie, released a double-platinum album in "Music" and launched a world tour.
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Tiger Woods
El Tigre briefly dyed his hair blond before the 2000 season started, but quickly reverted back to his natural look for competition.
Before: The world's most dominant golfer had won the last three majors.
After: The world's most dominant golfer won the 2001 Masters, but looked human as his major streak was snapped at the U.S. Open.
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Manny Ramirez
During his days in Cleveland, Ramirez tried to go blond, but his hair ended up more Ronald McDonald orange.
Before: Ramirez was an RBI-machine for the Tribe, driving in more than 100 runs for five times.
After: Despite the embarrassing mis-dye, Manny remained as productive as ever.
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Jacques Villeneuve
The Formula One driver suddenly dyed his hair blond midway through the 1997 season.
Before: Villeneuve was Williams' top driver in his second F1 season, but trailed Ferrari's Michael Schumacher in the overall standings.
After: Villeneuve won the F1 title in the last race of 1997, but hasn't won a race since and switched to upstart British American Racing team in 1999.
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Angelina Jolie
Following her Oscar-winning performance in "Girl Interrupted," Jolie turned bleach blonde and got uncomfortably close with her brother at awards shows.
Before: "Gone in 60 Seconds" was -- except about 59 seconds faster.
After: Back in black, Jolie leaped to the top of box-office charts with 2001 action flick "Tomb Raider."
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Charles Nagy
Midway through the 1998 season, the Cleveland Indians right-hander followed the trend of major-leaguers who dyed their hair blond.
Before: Nagy was coming off the best two seasons of his career, winning a combined 32 games in '96 and '97.
After: Nagy finished '98 with a 17-11 record and 5.22 ERA, his highest in five seasons.
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Bruce Willis
The action hero went blond as part of his many disguises in the 1997 remake of "The Jackal."
Before: Willis was in the midst of a box-office slump that included "The Fifth Element," "Last Man Standing," and "Twelve Monkeys."
After: "The Jackal" was laughable at the box office and hardly lived up to the original classic, "Day of the Jackal."
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Dennis Rodman
During his last-chance stint with the Mavericks in 2000, the chameleon-haired Rodman resorted to the same "Demolition Man" blond look he had the first time he dyed his hair back in 1993 with the Spurs.
Before: The Worm had quickly worn out his welcome with the Lakers the previous season.
After: He wore out his welcome just as fast in Dallas, but he did get to spend some quality time at Mark Cuban's house.
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Halle Berry
David Justice's ex has played a blonde in a couple of movies, most recently in 2000's "X Men."
Before: Berry was coming off a Golden Globe-winning performance in HBO's "Introducing Dorothy Dandridge."
After: "X Men" was a surprise hit, but Berry returned to the screen as a brunette in 2001's "Swordfish." Of course, no one was looking at her hair in that film.
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