Trump’s attendance made for ‘particular evening,’ Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone says

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NEW YORK – Thursday evening in New York marked the primary time since 2019 {that a} sitting president had attended a Major League Baseball recreation.

It's hardly the primary sporting occasion President Donald Trump has been to since his second time period started, however this one had a little bit further juice to it.

Trump attended the New York Yankees' 9-3 win over the Detroit Tigers within the Bronx on the twenty fourth anniversary of the Sept. 11 assaults.

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President Donald Trump poses for a photograph with members of the New York Yankees within the locker room earlier than a baseball recreation towards the Detroit Tigers at Yankee Stadium on Sept. 11, 2025, in New York. (Alex Brandon - Pool/Getty Photos)

Roughly a number of miles from Floor Zero, Trump acquired a principally optimistic ovation from the greater than 40,000 individuals at Yankee Stadium. But the gang was capable of recover from variations for a number of "USA" chants all through the evening.

"It was an superior evening. Significant," supervisor Aaron Boone advised reporters after the sport. "Captain [Aaron Judge] simply spoke about it, simply having us on the market form of all lined up collectively, first for the second of silence, then again on the market for the anthem, and simply that buzz that New York Metropolis can create, you positively felt it tonight. Clearly, the president being right here, simply an added layer. September baseball towards a extremely good membership. A particular evening to be part of, and hopefully none of us took it without any consideration."

Trump met with the Yankees within the clubhouse and referred to as Decide a "implausible participant." The reigning AL MVP (and favourite to win once more this 12 months) responded by belting a house run in every of his first two at-bats and tying Joe DiMaggio for fourth place on the Yankees' all-time house runs record.

President Donald Trump greets Yankees’ Aaron Decide and different gamers within the locker room forward of the Yankees’ baseball recreation towards the Detroit Tigers at Yankee Stadium within the Bronx, New York, on Sept. 11, 2025. (DOUG MILLS/POOL/AFP through Getty Photos)

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"It was significant to see your celebrity go on the market and do this. And I do know what it meant to Aaron. You guys know the way impactful and the way vital that ‘NY’ is that he wears within the pinstripes. What it's to signify this metropolis now as one of many faces of the town as a sports activities determine now, it means lots to him, and it is not misplaced on him. So for him to exit and have that recreation on an evening like tonight is a little bit further particular," Boone mentioned.

The clock nearly struck midnight on Trump's go to to the Yankees — he entered the clubhouse at round 6:40 p.m. ET, and based on Boone, he was alleged to arrive at 5:45 p.m. ET.

However the skipper sounded just like the wait was price it.

"It was nice. I used to be there with Carlos [Rodon] and Gerrit [Cole] when he walked into the doorways of our clubhouse. It is a little bit intimidating, you are a little bit nervous, however he was nice," Boone mentioned. "He is nice in that setting, actual personable, took some photos, shook palms. After which we walked him into the primary space the place the gamers had been, and so they acquired to greet him.

President Donald Trump poses for a photograph with the New York Yankees earlier than a recreation towards the Detroit Tigers on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, in New York. (AP Picture/Alex Brandon, Pool)

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"It was a extremely, actually cool interplay, I believe, for lots of people. Glad he was capable of be right here, and I believe it meant lots to lots of people. So positively a cool expertise."