The Yankees amended their facial hair policy after it had been a topic of internal conversation for around 10 years.

Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner ended the club's traditional facial hair policy this week, and conversations with the club's captain and a key newcomer had an impact on his decision.

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.

The New York Yankees finally changed their archaic facial hair policy and fans are immediately thinking about one player: Devin Williams ... to Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner, this decision ...

Williams was concerned enough about the Yankees' rules about beards that he approached Steinbrenner and GM Brian Cashman.

Devin Williams had to say goodbye to his glorious beard after he was traded to the Yankees. But it turns out it's only a temporary absence.

Devin Williams spoke to Hal Steinbrenner and Brian Cashman last week to voice his preference for keeping his beard, but didn’t think anything would come of it.

The National League's best closer is now a Yankee, but he hasn't stopped thinking about Game 3 of last year's Wild Card series that knocked the Brewers out of the playoffs.

Prior to the New York Yankees announcing a change to their longstanding no-facial-hair policy, newly acquired closer Devin Williams posed for a photo with some hair growth on his chin. The Yankees dropped their ban on beards Friday,

The All-Star closer, acquired in a trade with the Brewers over the offseason without any say in the matter, said that the Bombers’ past ban on facial hair below the upper lip would have been a factor in free agency. The Yankees amended the policy on Friday to permit “well-groomed beards,” an announcement that shocked the baseball world.

TAMPA, Fla. — The catalyst for the New York Yankees changing their controversial, 49-year-old hair policy was likely when closer Devin Williams spoke with owner Hal Steinbrenner and general ...