 and Hal Steinbrenner spoke to you in the media yesterday answered questions at length what was the takeaway from that from manager Aaron Boone. Bob it really was a lengthy session with Hal Steinbrenner something we don't often see throughout the course of the season and he really expressed his frustration with the inconsistent offense and the overall play in the first half of the season he also gave a vote of confidence general manager Brian Cashman Aaron Boone and his staff saying these are the right guys to lead this team and get them back on track Aaron Boone spoke earlier today and was asked what it meant to him to hear those words of support from Hal Steinbrenner. Look I'm appreciative of who I get to work with you know one of the things I've talked about here for a long time is this is a place I enjoy coming to work to we're obviously going through some tough times as a club so while I appreciate that it's like we're trying to we're trying to get better and and that's certainly I'm one of the main figures that needs to be accountable to things and you know I think what ultimately one of my most important jobs is to make sure that you know I'm part of getting the most out of each and every player and and that I'm creating an environment and a culture to where guys can thrive so you know for my part in that you know I need to be better at that and continue to kind of evaluate and and and grill down on on things where we can make improvements and ultimately get the most out of people and you know that's one area we need to be better. And he also mentioned a players only meeting that took place a couple of days ago and today we learned that it was actually Aaron Judge that called that meeting he was asked why he felt a need to get the group together. It's a good time for a lot of us to be honest with each other you know maybe some things on our mind some things that guys have been hearing things that guys have been thinking and you know just kind of a chance to open up the floor for everybody and you know when you're in a clubhouse man we're all brothers in there we're family you know so it's you know all the best teams I've been on you know you're able to you know say we need to say to somebody and you know let somebody's feelings get hurt it was a good meeting there was a lot of emotion but I think it overall was great for the team just some things on my mind some things I've been saying you know over the course of the year that you know I usually run the all-star break is the time where you know you usually have a meeting and you guys gonna address things you know going in the second half first half's over with but I feel like there's some things that couldn't wait for the all-star break to get brought up. Also noteworthy Clint Frazier was placed on the injured list today if you remember back to Wednesday he exited that game after the second inning due to dizziness Aaron Boone is calling it vertigo today but noted that he is still going through a battery of tests.