'It was time': Yanks welcome new facial-hair rule

New closer Devin Williams and several former Yankees stars helped nudge owner Hal Steinbrenner into changing the franchise's decades-old policy on facial hair.

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New York Yankees announce change to longstanding facial hair policy

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'It was time': Yanks welcome new facial-hair rule

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