Yankees name Aaron Boone as their new manager
Al Behrman/AP Matt Linder After over five weeks of speculation, the Yankees have finally hired their new manager… Aaron Boone. He will make the transition from the broadcast booth to the dugout. Boone has no managerial experience, but he has been around the game of baseball his entire life. In addition to enjoying his own twelve year career, he grew up in major league clubhouses with both his grandfather and father being major leaguers. Boone beat out five other candidates to get the job: Hensley Muelens (Giants hitting coach), Eric Wedge (former MLB manager), Carlos Beltran (recently retired MLB star), Chris Woodward (Dodgers third base coach) and Rob Thomson (coach with the Yankees for 28 years, most recently the bench coach). Boone’s hire was not without controversy. The fact that the position of Yankees manager was even available surprised a lot of people. His predecessor, Joe Girardi, had a .562 winning percentage over his nine years as ...