"Last Monday, the Yankees celebrated the tenth anniversary of the hit Broadway musical Hamilton with their first-ever Hamilton Night. Just as the team does with Star Wars Day, the Yankees pulled out all the stops as they gave the game presentation a Founding Father facelift, photoshopping the Yankees' players so they looked straight out of 1776 (and the Nationals' players so they looked like redcoats), turning "Name the Yankee" into "Name the Founding Father" on the center field scoreboard,"
"While Lin-Manuel Miranda didn't make an appearance, several members of the original Broadway cast were in attendance. Stephanie Klemons, a native New Yorker and the show's original dance captain, hung out with fans on the concourse prior to the game. Renée Elise Goldsberry, the original Angelica Schuyler, threw out the ceremonial first pitch. The current Schuyler sisters sang "God Bless America" during the seventh inning stretch. And the OG George Washington, Christopher Jackson, kicked things off with the national anthem."
The Yankees completed a four-game set with Boston, played three games against the Nationals in the Bronx, and then flew to Chicago for four games against the White Sox without a single day off. The team held a tenth anniversary Hamilton Night with a Founding-Father-themed game presentation, photoshopped player images into 1776 attire, labeled center-field scoreboard features like "Name the Founding Father," and asked fans about which British monarch lost a 13-0 colony lead. The social media team used theatrical elements throughout. Several original Broadway cast members attended and participated in ceremonial and performance roles.
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