From Left: Connor McCaffery and Caitlin Clark.Photo:New York Yankees/Getty Images
New York Yankees/Getty Images
Caitlin Clark’s first visit to Yankee Stadium was a memorable one.
The Indiana Fever guard and herboyfriend, Connor McCaffery, attended the Saturday, Aug 10. double-header at Yankee Stadium against the Texas Rangers — and also got to meet the team’s star players.
Clark, 22, posed withYankees captain Aaron JudgeandAnthony Rizzo. She also took a picture wearing her custom no. 22 jersey withJuan Soto, who currently wears the same number for the baseball team.
From Left: Caitlin Clark and Juan Soto.New York Yankees/Getty Images
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Clark revealed in an interview during the Saturday games that “amazing” Rizzo, 35, gave her a tour of the Yankees clubhouse.
“Meeting all of them, they’re just so down to earth," she said. “They understand as another professional athlete that days get long. It’s fun to interact with other athletes.”
From Left: Aaron Judge, Caitlin Clark and Anthony Rizzo.New York Yankees/Getty Images
Clark also told Michael Kaye and Paul O’Neil during the YES Network broadcast in a video shared onX (formerly Twitter)that she was most excited to meet the Yankees captain, 32. “But I’m sure everybody says that,” she added.
“He’s way bigger than even people think. You know he’s big, but when you get next to him, it’s like, ‘Oh, my gosh. He could probably play football or just about any sport he wants to,’ " Clark said of Judge before calling him “down to earth” and “a good guy.”
Caitlin Clark.New York Yankees/Getty Images
Yankees manager Aaron Boone also had good things to say about the WNBA star as well, calling her “really cool.”
“She was impressive,” he added, perThe Athletic. “Got to meet her in my office. … When she left, you were like, ‘Man, she’s pretty impressive.’ It was just fun to see the amount of our guys that were kind of just starstruck being around her.”
From Left: Aaron Judge and Caitlin Clark.New York Yankees/Getty Images
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Clark’s visit to Yankee Stadium comes after she enjoyed her time off during the WNBA’s Olympics break. In addition tovacationing with McCaffery, 26, in Mexico, the Fever star also joined teammate Lexie Hull onstageduring Jordan Davis' Indianapolis concert.
Clark will return to the basketball court alongside her Indiana Fever teammates on Friday, Aug. 16.
source: people.com