A Little Info on Tomorrow's Opener

Here's a few things you may want to know about tomorrow home opener at the New Yankee Stadium:

- There will be more than 40 former Yankees on hand for the festivities, including Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Reggie Jackson, Willie Randolph, Rich "Goose" Gossage and many more (full list below).

- Yogi Berra will be throwing out the ceremonial first pitch.

- Kelly Clarkson will be singing the national anthem.

- A unit of F-16C Flying Falcons will fly over the stadium following the national anthem.

- The home plate and pitching rubber that will be used tomorrow are the ones that were used in the final game at the original Yankee Stadium.

- Prior to the game the West Point Marching Band will be performing John Philip Sousa's "Washington Post March" and "Stars and Stripes Forever" in a tribute to the original Yankee Stadium's opener back in 1923, when Sousa performed on field with the Seventh Regiment Band.


Here is the complete list of former Yankees that will be on hand tomorrow:

Alumni Attending Opening Day Ceremonies

Luis Arroyo
Jesse Barfield
Yogi Berra
Ron Blomberg
Bobby Brown
Horace Clarke
Jerry Coleman
David Cone
Chili Davis
Bucky Dent
Al Downing
Dave Eiland
Ed Figueroa
John Flaherty
Whitey Ford
Joe Girardi
Rich "Goose" Gossage
Ken Griffey, Sr.
Ron Guidry
Charlie Hayes
Rickey Henderson
Reggie Jackson
Tommy John
Jim Kaat
Don Larsen
Hector Lopez
Tino Martinez
Lee Mazzilli
Gene Michael
Jeff Nelson
Graig Nettles
Paul O'Neill
Joe Pepitone
Willie Randolph
Bobby Richardson
Mickey Rivers
Buck Showalter
Bill "Moose" Skowron
Luis Sojo
Mel Stottlemyre
Ralph Terry
Bob Turley
David Wells
Roy White
Bernie Williams
Dave Winfield

And here's a schedule of the day's events:

10 a.m.: Gates open

12:10 p.m.: West Point Band performs in center field

12:30 p.m.: Introduction of Yankees alumni, introduction of home plate and mound from old Stadium

12:42 p.m.–12:53 p.m.: Baseline introductions

12:53 p.m.: Introduction of giant American flag, unfurled by West Point cadets.

12:53:30 p.m.: Flyover introduction, 174th Fighter Wing

12:54 p.m.: Presentation of colors by NYPD/FDNY Color Guard

12:54:30 p.m.: National anthem by Kelly Clarkson

12:56 p.m.: National Anthem, F-16C flyover

1:01 p.m.: Ceremonial first pitch: Yogi Berra

1:04 p.m.: Umpires and managers to home plate

1:06 p.m.: Yankees take the field

1:08 p.m.: First pitch

Most of this info comes via the NY Post's Yankees Blog.