SLAM HEARD 'ROUND THE BRONX

Call it a wakeup call. Call it theater. Call it whatever you want. Aaron Judge calls it the slam that woke up the Yankees.

That whole act with Aaron Boone slammed the table was comedy. The Yankees were dying at that point when he slammed the table and told the media that it was "right there" for the Yankees, they just needed to go get it.  Since then, my favorite meme is matching the beat of Boone's slap to Frank Sinatra's New York, New York. I mean, why not, right?

But Judge, who never makes it about himself, is crediting his skipper with waking the Yankees up.  I kind of like it, even though I think it's ridiculous.

NJ.com writes:

"...as Boone smacked his hand down on the table as he sat behind a microphone, saying the division title was “right in front of us,” the Yanks responded with a five-game winning streak, and now, five weeks later, have the AL East locked up, and a Wild Card Series bye.

Was Boone’s brief tirade a wake-up call for the Yanks? Some players told Randy Miller of NJ.com that it was indeed a turning point.

“He was sending a different type of message and tactic to pick us to pick it up,” Giancarlo Stanton told Miller. “I definitely noticed. I saw it on my phone and
TV. And it worked.”...

Watching his manager flip out during a press conference, Judge was fired up.

“Boone is a leader of this team day in and day out,” Judge said. “The trust that he has in us, the belief that he has in us through the good times and the bad times ... he’s been there for us and always has our backs. So when he speaks up or does something like that, you listen and you respond.

“Boone’s been one of the winningest managers so far in his career. He’s something special. When he did that after that game, we all had to look in the mirror and say, ‘What can I do to help this team out?’ You can definitely look back on that moment and see the team picked it up.”

If you know anything about my fandom, know that I don't care what makes the Yankees win... as long as they're winning.  

I love this story.  

Big game tonight folks!  Bader is in for Hicks, DJ is back... and Judge looks for #62.

Let's get after it.