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Acce s the Yankees beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees. Aaron Boone has had it with people questioning the Yankees effort and Calvin De Haan Jersey the hyper-analyzing of his and his players remarks to the media. The Yankees manager went off during his weekly during a discu sion about the teams 10-17 record they took into Tuesday against AL East opponents this season, Blue Jays star Vladimir Guerreros dive into home plate during Mondays game and the notion that their rivals might want the games more than them. Boone turned his fury toward the media and made it clear he wants his team to be even-keeled. Understand the pestering, bantering, leading questions that are being asked of our guys, a fired-up Boone said ahead of Tuesdays 5-4 win in Toronto. And I dont want them to just fly off the handle and be emotional. Weve been pretty good over the years of compartmentalizing and dealing with the everyday grind of the regular season and playing in New York, and you start getting emotional and going down that road, its a bad trait. Aaron Boone (c.) talking to Jomboy (l.) and Talkin Jake (r.) on the Talkin Yanks podcast. YouTube/Talkin' Yanks A fiery Aaron Boone (c.) talking to Jomboy (l.) and Talkin Jake (r.) on the Talkin Yanks podcast. YouTube/Talkin' Yanks Explore More Boone also has an i sue with the interpretations of player comments after games and the idea that because theyre not outwardly upset, that they perhaps arent too concerned about results. CHECK OUT THE AND Everyones different. Stop with the reaction of how a guy answers a frickin question. Seriously, Boone said. We gotta win. OK? We are obse sed with it and hell-bent preparation-wise and guys give a rip. Some people will give you colorful answers. Some guys throw their helmet. Does that make you feel good? Some guys are calm. Stop it. It doesnt mean a guy cares more or le s because he dives into home plate. Its youve gotta be angry at something because we didnt win. Jomboy said that the urgency Boone insists the Yankees feel doesnt come acro s. Youre cherry-picking the answers you like that youre like, Yeah, thats tugging at my fandom in the right way. Sorry, theyre not robots, Boone said. Jomboy then said he wanted more non-robotic answers. I dont care what you want, Boone fired back. These are answers of pestering, everyday questions. I want our guys in a good like, boom. We are locked in, when its stty and when its really good, and all in between. I want us locked. I want us showing up every day ready to prepare and ready to go. Period. Its a hard game. Aaron Boone Brett Davis-Imagn Images The Yankees (55-45) to fall four games behind Toronto for the AL East lead. That was their fifth straight lo s to a division foe after being swept by the Blue Jays in four games earlier this month. Saige Weinstein Jersey |
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