Yankees Tanaka NYPitched in a hat from the terrorist attacks on September 12, 19 at 13:13
On the 11th, 19 years after the terrorist attacks in the United States, Masahiro Tanaka, a pitcher of the Yankees, played with the New York Police Department's hat.
The Yankees faced a doubleheader with the Orioles in New York on the 11th.
On this day, 19 years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the players prayed silently before the match and played with the NYPD and firefighting hats specially prepared for the day.
Pitcher Tanaka, who started the second game, pitched in a police hat with the yellow "NYPD" written on it.
According to the Major League Baseball, players haven't played in police or firefighting hats since September 2001 after the incident, and on that day, Mets, who is based in New York like the Yankees, also wears the same hat. I played.
Approximately 400 police officers and firefighters were killed in the collapsed World Trade Center building in New York in the terrorist attacks, and next season, which marks the 20th anniversary of the incident, will be held. Both the Yankees and Mets teams will face each other for the first time on September 11th.
Pitcher Tanaka said, "I remember the shock I saw in the news as a child at that time. I also experienced the Great East Japan Earthquake, and although it is not a comparison, I felt the strong feelings of everyone in the team for today's game, and myself I had the same feeling. "