2025 HOPE Week: Day 1
The Yankees honored Joan Hyland and her non-profit “Love, Nana,” which creates gift bundles of baby clothes for families in need throughout Long Island and the surrounding boroughs. Hyland receives daily help from the Backyard Players & Friends, an organization started by Hyland’s daughters that provides programming for teens and young adults with intellectual disabilities. Yankees players Aaron Judge, Paul Goldschmidt, Luke Weaver, Jonathan Loáisiga, Fernando Cruz, Ryan Yarbrough and Ian Hamilton, along with Third Base Coach Luis Rojas, First Base Coach Travis Chapman, Bullpen Coach Mike Harkey and Assistant Pitching Coach Preston Claiborne joined Nana (Joan Hyland), her family and the Backyard Players & Friends in a Yankee Stadium party suite to make care packages for new and expectant parents.
