 Cameron Maybin who spent parts of 15 seasons in the league has spent a lot of his time trying to grow the game of baseball in the black community he is also serving as an analyst for tonight's yes broadcast it'll be his regular season debut he gave his thoughts on Jackie Robinson day it was a special day you know a lot of big days happen throughout the year but as a player one day you wanted to be a part of the Jackie Robinson day April 15th has meant so much to so many players around the league and when you stand out here and you look around and you see all the number 42s around you realize in one moment it was one man that brought this all together so to share that with players from different countries different races different backgrounds it means so much and anytime you can wear that that number on your back it's something that you'll cherish forever the players in line some of the guys that are part of that are donating all or some of their salary to help promote baseball amongst African-American community just how much pride do you take in being a part of that players alliance I'm huge you know not to take any credit so many guys have done so much but I was the one who made those phone calls who reached out to Cece Sabathia and Curtis Granderson and Edwin Jackson and D Gordon to try to bring something together a lot of us did so many different things in our communities helping giving money back millions of dollars so we thought why not come together as a collective group and try to do something you know even bigger for our game and promote you know baseball in the inner city in our communities that we're from so what we're doing so far is it's been amazing it's been a short ride but a lot of good things in the works and just proud to be a part of what the players alliance and Jackie Robinson day is all about okay got a couple reps in spring training tonight is your first regular season broadcast are you nervous absolutely like the like like opening day first that bad you know first that bad jitters but I'm excited to be a part of a great team yes network has been so amazing bringing me on so I'm excited Michael K yourself you guys have done a great job of you know showing me the ropes and I'm excited to do what I can don't worry we'll take care of you I know you