In what has become an annual tradition when the Yankees play at home on 11 September, manager Aaron Boone was accompanied by several players – this time, pitchers Gerrit Cole and Carlos Rodón – when placing a wreath on the monument to commemorate the Terrorist attacks of 2001 in Monument Park.
“Really meaningful,” said Boone before Thursday’s 9-3 victory over the Tigers in the stadium. “I have been able to do that a few times now when we have been here. So to walk out with Gerrit and Carlos and just real, I mean, record a great monument and see the Pentagon real, and see the Twin Towers and the police dogs and the firefighters all kinds of honored there.
With the victory, the Yankees stay three games back from Blue Jays in the Al East after the 6-0 victory of Toronto over the Astros.
The Yankees and Mets will face each other on 11 September next season in the Bronx for the 25 -year anniversary of the attacks.
They also met on Citi Field on the 20th birthday in 2021.
“I think you just wake up and it’s different when you wake up today,” said Boone. “A few years ago we had the game on Citi Field where they are Mets and Yankees, and there was a bigness and a meaning of it and knowing how many personal stories there are for the people who will be in the building tonight, the people who were in the Citi Field in the building that night.
“To feel that kind of raw emotion in the building that you just look around and in some cases you see people in their eyes that kind of buzz, but also silence. You feel that. And I felt that a number of times in this chair on this day.”
The Yankees wore caps that represent the first response agencies of New York on Thursday evening, and FDNY Brandweather Regina Wilson sang the national anthem.
The Savannah Bananas play matches in the stadium on Saturday and Sunday, while the Yanks are in Boston.
“Oh yes, I went in Tampa two sources ago when they were there, it was gone [George M. Steinbrenner Field]So I looked at it, and it was cool, “said Boone.” I mean, it’s great; The next and the locations they are sold out. I enjoyed it, perhaps not to the level of some, but it is absolutely interesting. “
Luis Gil is planned to start the opener on Friday of a three-game series against the Red Sox in Fenway Park, followed by Max Fried and Will Warren for the next two days.
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