 Meredith there is one headline today regarding the Yankees lineup and you're going to tell us about that in just a bit but the big headline as we've said and the thing that's on everybody's minds there Jackie Robinson day players love this day Bob April 15 something that is always extremely special around Major League Baseball with all players wearing number 42 but it's kind of interesting it's actually the first time that the Yankees are playing on April 15 since back in 2017 and 2018 they were rained out in 2019 and 2021 they had off days and of course the season started late because of the pandemic in 2020 now earlier today I asked Aaron Boone what it means to him to wear number 42 it's a really special day on the calendar you know I you know I think I think you realize maybe not at the time but you know during the lockout you know you're thinking like one of the things you thought was man we can't have this bill in the Jackie Robinson day you know he's such a monumental figure in our history you know to see the amount of players white black Latino Asian that really look forward to this day and all that it means and you know I think it's a point of pride for for Major League Baseball too that you know this day belongs to to this sport and just what an influence he had on our history it's it's one that you feel a privilege to be a part of and to get to wear number 42 today is something that you cherish and and you look forward to a lot of guys who are members of the Players Alliance are donating either all of some of their game checks to help promote diversity especially among African American people what do you think of that commitment by those players I think it's awesome I think what the Players Alliance has done over the last couple years has kind of grown they've been really impactful in a short amount of time and I feel like they're gonna continue to do that and I feel like we're starting to see you know as as we know the last 20 years or so we've seen the amount of black players go down you know as Latin players have come into Major League Baseball but I really believe they're starting to you know turn turn that around and I think we're gonna start to see more and more black kids get back into baseball which is only gonna serve us well and and and and be great for our sport moving forward and you know I know I know in the draft coming up I know a lot of the top picks are gonna be black players and you know hopefully we start to see more and more kids getting into this great game and impacting this great game like to have throughout our history