New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone completely lost his cool with a podcast host in a heated moment after their defeat against the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday.
Following his team’s 4-1 loss to the Blue Jays, Boone made an appearance on Jomboy’s ‘Talkin’ Yanks’ podcast Tuesday to discuss the current issues surrounding his team.
And the 52-year-old wasn’t best pleased with some of the questions he had to face.
He initially went on a rant about the way his team are treated by both the media and Yankees fans, insisting his priority is for them to resist ‘flying off the handle’ and becoming emotional.
‘Understand the pestering, bantering, leading questions that are being asked of our guys,’ said Boone. ‘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 completely lost his cool with a podcast host on Tuesday
Boone flipped out on the podcast amid scrutiny over his players’ approach with the media
However, when podcast host Jimmy O’Brien (Jomboy) questioned why certain Yankees players don’t seem as passionate or honest as others when speaking to the media, a furious Boone quickly interrupted.
‘Okay! Everyone’s different, stop with the reaction of how a guy answers a frickin’ question. Seriously,’ he fumed.
A few moments later, Boone then took issue with Jomboy for suggesting that the messaging from the Yankees was business as usual despite their run of four defeats in six games at the time.
After accusing him of ‘cherry-picking’ the answers he gives in the press, the Yankees boss also said: ‘Sorry, we’re not, they’re not robots.’
And when Jomboy replied that he wants players not to be robotic, Boone flipped out on him once again while moving closer to the camera.
‘I don’t care what you want’ he yelled. ‘These are answers of pestering, everyday questions. I want our guys in a good like, boom. We are locked in, when it’s s***ty 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.’
Fortunately for Boone and the Yankees, they responded with a 5-4 victory over American League East rivals the Blue Jays on Tuesday night.
It means New York (56-45) now trails Toronto (59-42) by three victories at the top of the division.
