WHEN WILL THE BOONE CLOWN SHOW END?

It’s time to stop whispering and start screaming — Aaron Boone needs to go. We’ve been banging this drum at Bleeding Yankee Blue for four years now, and the beat hasn’t changed: Boone isn’t the guy. Sure, Michael Kay, a Yankees-paid mouthpiece can keep peddling their “he got them to the World Series” bedtime story, but let’s not kid ourselves — he also managed to not win it.

Remember that error-laden fifth inning that could have been salvaged by an actual leader? Instead, we got Boone’s brainchild: letting Nestor Cortes pitch to Freddie Freeman. That single decision should be bronzed and displayed in Cooperstown under “The Worst Managerial Call in the History of Time.” Boone just doesn’t have the finesse, the decision-making chops, or the leadership instincts you need in October… or frankly, in May. That’s why I’ve sworn off Yankee Stadium until the man is shown the door. I won’t spend a dime on this team until Boone is gone.

Now, the rumor mill is churning about Brad Ausmus as a potential replacement. Great — Boone-Lite. They’ve coached together, which means Ausmus already has Boone’s bad habits hardwired. And even if Ausmus did have fresh ideas, the real cancer isn’t just in the dugout — it’s in the front office. That stupid iPad and Michael Fishman’s “projection analytics” have turned this team into a lab experiment gone wrong. Remember when Aaron Judge hinted the Yankees might be giving players “the wrong numbers”? Yeah, file that under truth bombs.

Boone’s personnel choices? A masterclass in stubbornness. Veterans play because of big contracts, hungrier players on the bench sit. The bullpen? Don’t get me started. Boone inherits a batch of fresh arms at the deadline, and what does he do? Hands the ninth inning to struggling Devin Williams like it’s a gift basket.

Boone has this soft spot for veterans with big contracts. He “feels bad” for them, so he trots them out while hungrier, better-performing bench guys collect dust. He calls it “letting them work through it.” I call it losing games on purpose. Baseball is a business, not a daycare — and Boone refuses to act like a boss.

Meanwhile, the Yankees keep getting burned by sloppy fundamentals: missed cutoff men, brainless baserunning, and defense that looks like a blooper reel. Baseball & CBS Sports guy Mike Axisa put it perfectly — the Yankees win on talent alone because they constantly lose on the margins. And no championship team survives that.

So where do we go from here? The talent is there. Cashman added some depth, Judge is healthy, and the schedule even hands us beatable teams like the Marlins and Rangers. Yet we still manage to lose to them. This year’s summer slump feels deeper, uglier, and more telling. If they want to salvage the season, guys like Fried and Rodón have to pitch like actual aces, the young core needs to step up, and Boone must manage like every game is a playoff game. Spoiler alert: he won’t because he doesn't know how.

 

Boone doesn’t get gut calls. He doesn’t get that computers can’t run a baseball team — humans with baseball instincts can. And while his last name comes from a long baseball lineage, pedigree isn’t performance. Boone is like the slow clone from Multiplicity: technically a Boone, but… not all there and the 4th one.

The clock is ticking, and with the right manager, this team could pivot instantly. But until then, we’ll just keep going through the motions, exactly like we have since Boone first took the reins — and that’s the real tragedy in pinstripes.