#Yankees partner with NYC Health+Hospitals for COVID-19 testing promotion

The Yankees have teamed up with Mayor Bill de Blasio for this week’s Get Tested Tuesday initiative, whereby the first 4,000 people who get tested Tuesday (Aug. 25) for COVID-19 at Health Hospital sites at city public hospitals will receive Yankees gear.

“Here’s something really interesting. It’s going to be a curveball. If you know me and the sport I love – baseball – you’re going to see baseball and testing come together here because a team that sometimes I’ve had some differences with because I grew up rooting for another team,” de Blasio, a noted Boston Red Sox fan, said at a Monday press conference.

“Well, today I’m a Yankees fan because they’re doing something great to help us fight Covid-19 and I really want to thank the entire Yankees organization for stepping up.”

Yanks manager Aaron Boone was joined by players Masahiro Tanaka. Aaron Hicks, Luke Voit and Gio Urshela in a videotaped public service announcement imploring people to wash their hands, socially distance, wear masks and stay home if they are sick, ending with Urshela saying “together we can beat the virus.”

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“A great message from the Yankees, I want to thank everyone from the Yankees who participated in that video,” de Blasio said. “I have a line here from me that’s one of the cheesiest lines I’ve heard in a long time. It says here, ‘Because of the coronavirus, we are all on the same team.’

“So whether you’re a Mets fan, a Yankees fan or a fan or another team, get out there and get tested on Get Tested Tuesday.”