Several years after retiring from major-league baseball, Steve Stone appeared at age 37 in a photospread in the August 1985 issue of Playgirl magazine. The spread's text mentioned Stone's "hirsute chest, powerful shoulders, and enticing tush," and there were the usual "beefcake" shots in which Stone posed in a swimsuit and with a towel draped around his waist. There were only two nude shots but in both of these Stone kept his right leg positioned in such a way as to block any view of his pubic hair and genitals.