Stephen A. Smith puts Yankees blame on Aaron Boone despite four error Game 2 originally appeared on The Sporting News.
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Whenever the New York Yankees struggle in pressure situations, much of the focus immediately goes to manager Aaron Boone.
Boone has done a lot of good during his time in New York, finding ways to win tons of games. However, for a storied Yankees organization, anything short of a World Series is typically viewed as a disappointment.
Now down 2-0 in the ALDS against the Tampa Bay Rays, Boone is under a lot of pressure, but it’s a bit unclear why. He’s not the guy going out there and making four errors in the game, not getting timely hits, and not making pitches.
Ultimately, he’s done what he’s had to do and has pressed a lot of the right buttons. It’s unfortunate that he finds himself in these positions once again, but at the end of the day, his expensive payroll team needs to play better.
That’s my way of looking at it, but that isn’t the same for Stephen A. Smith, who said he’s been a supporter of Boone for a long time but can no longer be.
“This is a disgrace. I’m looking at Aaron Boone now. I’ve been a supporter of Aaron Boone for years. I can’t support him any longer. You can’t have a team out there looking like the bad news bears,” Smith said.
“It’s bad enough that only Ben Rice is hitting the damn ball… but you can’t have a professional baseball team in Major League Baseball looking like this. This is disgraceful.
“It ain’t one person, it ain’t two people, it ain’t three people, five different people made errors… I couldn’t believe it.”
Everybody is going to point the blame at somebody, and the easiest ones to blame are Boone and Brian Cashman, the Yankees’ general manager.
If history has taught us anything, the Yankees aren’t going to make changes in either area, so it’ll be interesting to see what other moves they make this offseason.
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