The home opener ceremony particulars

Pre-game ceremonies will start around 1 p.m. and first pitch against the Marlins is scheduled for 1:35 p.m. as the Yankees return to the Yankee Stadium for the first time this season. 

National anthem: Tony Award winner Nikki M. James

Ceremonial first pitch: Olympic hockey gold medalists Jack Hughes and Aerin Frankel

"God Bless America" at 7th-inning stretch: U.S. Army Sergeant Major Carla Loy Song

Veteran of the Game: U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sargeant Mayra Winnie