NEW YORK -- The Yankees recognized the victims of the recent tragedy in Orlando, Fla., prior to Tuesday's game in a ceremony that included Yankees manager Joe Girardi and Rockies manager Walt Weiss laying a rainbow wreath at home plate in memoriam.
Both clubs lined the baselines at Yankee Stadium for a moment of silence. Billy Bean, Major League Baseball's vice president of social responsibility and inclusion, was a special guest of the Yankees and said that the organization's solemn remembrance carries weight throughout the game.
"What the Yankees do, what they say, what they stand behind has value," Bean said.