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New York – President Donald Trump will be in the Bronx on Thursday night to New York Yankees’ fight against Detroit Tigers, who co -emerges with the 24th anniversary of the September 11th attack.
It will be Trump’s first time participating in a baseball game in his second period as president, after last attended the 2021 World Series.
Yankees -Manager Aaron Boone said at a press conference before the game he is “excited” to be part of Trump’s presence.
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New York Yankee’s manager Aaron Boone looked at from Dugout before a game against Tampa Bay Rays at Yankee Stadium on September 11, 2022 in New York. (Daniel Shirey/MLB photos via Getty Images)
“I think he will come down and get into the dressing room for a moment. Had honor and fortune for some presidents over the years, first places or whatever it may be,” Boone told journalists before the game. “So the fact that he wants to be here, I’m excited to be a part of. I don’t know what it will be like, but to interact with him for a few minutes, something I look forward to.”
Security is increased to TSA levels at Yankee Stadium, which includes sniffing dogs in the premises. Trump was on the Pentagon earlier in the day for a ceremony from September 11, less than 24 hours after the conservative activist Charlie Kirk was murdered.
Boone is in his eighth season as Yankee’s manager and becomes a de facto New Yorker during his tenure. But at the time of the attacks, he was with Cincinnati Red’s organization. However, baseball sports played an important role in bringing back normality.
New York Yankees -Manager Aaron Boone looked at during batting practices before a game against Kansas City Royals at Yankee Stadium on September 11, 2024 in New York. (Jim Mcisaac/Getty Images)
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“To give sense of it and what it all meant, and now with my connection to Yankees and to know what yanke, mets and truly baseball in general, the role our sport played in whatever it was. Healing, normality, something. To see that the autumn season lives out and saw it from long -lasting. Today, a reflection day, but also a day with a sport, there is a sport, there is a wise proud of the role, our sport Time, ”Boone said.
Before the gates opened, Boone and Pitchers Gerrit Cole and Carlos Rodon laid a wreath at the monument on September 11 in Monument Park. Boone said the guest was “really meaningful.”
“Really meaningful. I have to do it a few times when we’ve been here. Getting out there with Gerrit and Carlos and just really taking a fantastic monument, watching the pentagon and watching the twin towers and police dogs and firefighters all honored in there. Hits home,” he said.
Aaron Boone, Gerrit Cole and Carlos Rodón from New York Yankees placed a wreath in September 11, 2001, monument before a game against Detroit Tigers at Yankee Stadium on September 11, 2025 in New York. (New York Yankees/Getty Images)
“I think you just wake up and it’s different today. A couple of years ago we had played over at Citi Field, where it was METS yankees, and there was some bigness and meaningfulness to it. Knowing how many personal stories there are for the people who will be in the building tonight, so the people who were in the building in the building, but you see but you see, but you see, but you see, theirs that are in their building that showered that the shower that was whispering, what is sizing.
Yanks and Mets play at Yankee Stadium on September 11 next year, 25th anniversary of the attacks.
