Yankees manager Aaron Boone goes off on Jomboy in fiery rant: 'I don't care what you want'
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New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone lost it on Jomboy's Jake Storiale when the podcaster insinuated based on Monday's game that the Toronto Blue Jays simply «wanted it more» in that one particular game.
The Yankees manager went off during his weekly appearance on on Jomboy's «Talkin' Yanks» podcast during a discussion about the team's 10-17 record against AL East opponents this season, Blue Jays star Vladimir Guerrero's dive into home plate during Monday's game and the notion that their rivals might want the games more than them.
"Okay, Boonie,» said Storiale. «I bring it back to fandom. You are an Eagles fan. If there is an Eagles game and it's Sunday Night Football and it's the Cowboys and both teams have a good record, that game has extra juice. That's sports. So I guess that's where I see Vladdy Superman flying across home plate yesterday and I am like 'They are playing like this matters'. It's the fan conundrum of, 'I know you aren't going into a game being like we aren't going to try as hard today.' But games have extra juice.»
«Yeah, okay So, Vladdy diving means they wanted it more last night?» replied Boone. «Come on, be better than that. Understand the pestering, bantering, leading questions that are being asked of our guys. And I don't want them to just fly off the handle and be emotional. We've 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, it's a bad trait.»
Yankees manager Aaron Boone goes off on Jomboy telling him everyone is different in how they react after losses and approach answering the media
Jomboy then brought up the point that Yankees closer Luke Weaver was open and honest about his recent struggles, a trait he would like to see from more Yankees players and perhaps even Boone.
And Boone responded by telling Jomboy that «everyone is different» in how they approach answering media questions.
«Everyone's different. Stop with the reaction of how a guy answers a frickin' question. Seriously,» Boone said. «We gotta win. Okay? We are obsessed 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. Like, stop it. It doesn't mean a guy cares more or less because he dives into home plate. It's you've gotta be angry at something because we didn't win.»
Despite Aaron Boone clearly being quite adamant that the Yankees do have plenty of urgency in each in every game, Jomboy further told the Yankees manager that the urgency he claims that his team has simply hasn't shown as of late.
And Boone simply declared that he simply «doesn't care» what Jomboy wants from the team he manages. It's not the first time he's grown combative with the podcast host.
«I don't care what you want,» said Boone. «These are answers of pestering, everyday questions. I want our guys in a good like, boom. We are locked in, when it's s*itty and when it's 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. It's a hard game.»
That was their fifth straight loss to a division foe after being swept by the Blue Jays in four games earlier this month.
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