 Aaron, you're gonna have fans in here tomorrow. What was the worst part about having piped in crowd noise? Um I don't know about the worst part of that. Uh, it just wasn't fans, you know, it wasn't the You know and even just to get a little bit of taste of that in spring training, you know, there You know a couple of games where you know where you had a few thousand And and it made a difference. It makes a difference and you know, however many we end up with it It was a nine or ten thousand tomorrow um You know, nine or ten thousand fans in the Bronx is going to be is going to be fun to Experience again. I know that the players are incredibly excited to play in front of a crowd and uh Man, hopefully it's just the start of you know starting to see our attendance really grow and and and get our sport all the way back to where uh Where it belongs, but we're really looking forward to fans being part of it tomorrow Aaron any any final questions anything that bothers you anything that You know keeps you up at night um A little of everything I guess um You know, uh, hopefully I can you know get get a decent night sleeps at night. Um But there's always things you're thinking about concerned about um, you know want to get off on on the right foot and everything, you know You know, I would put so much into the first day in the first days and you know So it's nice when players can get some of their firsts out of the way and things like that And really kind of get settled into that next season, but um, or settled into the season and the routine and the grind of it all um But I think tomorrow is a day, you know, I've always felt this way going back to when I was a little kid and then Being able to make my major league debut in Cincinnati Uh in a place that you know Really celebrates opening day and it's such a big deal um You know, it's a special day and you know one of the You know one of the things I try to make sure to get across to our guys is what an honor and a privilege and It is to you know suit up on opening day in the major leagues On top of that for the new york yankees. Um, it's a big deal. It's something to be proud of it's something to be celebrated And uh, it'll be nice to see guys Be able to share that a little more with their families this year, you know with different with families being in and um, you know It's a day that I try and make sure that you know, I celebrate properly You know, especially with all we've been through in the last year as we hopefully Slowly but surely return to a more normal environment, but tomorrow's special around this game Aaron you kind of just touched on this, but I'm going to ask it. Anyway, you've been in baseball your entire life When I say the words opening day, what does that trigger for you? What is the meaning of of that two word phrase for you? joy holiday um You know growing up as a kid, you know My dad debuting in 1972 a few months before I was born. So I grew up in the bill giles philly's veteran stadium always a Uh, you know, whether it was the great melinda Tight roping over veteran stadium. They always had it Pretty they blew it out on opening day and then to get to live and experience being a Cincinnati red opening day and then now My fourth one here I've been It's just it means a lot. It's special. You know, I I think back to uh My first opening day and my dad Sending me like a telegram, you know, it's before, you know text messages and all that work Just just with a message of good luck, you know spit in their eye go get them Um It's it's a it's a celebration of our sport and uh a sport that I've loved my entire life and uh I try to give it its proper do in in that regard, especially on opening day Aaron, how important is the beginning of the season that given that you start with 15 games against the vision of opponents? um They're all important it all matters. Um, you know, uh You hope to get off to a good start obviously I feel like you know From a spring training standpoint and I feel like our guys are prepared and physically ready to go And there's some comfort in that um But it's hard, you know Every game matters. It's such a long season. Um, so We certainly want to get off to that good start, especially when you're talking about division opponents who you know Are going to be fighting tooth and nail probably with us for the division um So it's always nice to rack up as many wins as you possibly can um, but that said it's it's the beginning and and You know to be a champion to to be able to go out and win this division You've got to play pretty consistent baseball throughout the year. So a hot start a slow start whatever um You know 162, you know Is a separator and You've got to be you got to be legit and you got to be real If you're going to survive that grind and and and ultimately get yourself in the postseason and um You certainly can't do that right away, but You know the the more we can rack up along the way the better