How Aaron Boone Is Excelling In 'The Most Pressure-Packed Job In Sports'

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🗓️ 7 October 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The New York Yankees are one of the most storied teams in all of professional sports. So how did a former player-turned-broadcaster with no managerial experience become the team’s skipper? Hear about Aaron Boone’s unlikely rise to the most iconic job in baseball, learn more about his famous ‘savages in the box’ incident, and find out how he has proven his critics wrong as the team sets its sights on a World Series title.

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0:00.0	So, Kavita, the major league baseball postseason is in full swing.
0:11.4	And one of the series that we're keeping a close eye on is the Yankees and Twins.
0:15.4	Right.
0:16.4	And the Twins' historic playoff struggles have just continued.
0:18.9	I mean, they've lost 15 straight postseason games, 12 straight to the Yankees, and right
0:24.5	now it doesn't look like that's going to ease up.
0:26.5	The Yankees lead the ALDS to do nothing.
0:29.6	And our story today is about a guy who is being very closely watched in this series.
0:34.5	And a guy who's been under the microscope in New York for two years now, the Yankees
0:38.9	manager, Aaron Boone.
0:39.9	Right.
0:40.9	I mean, let's remember that when Aaron Boone was hired before last season, it was kind
0:45.5	of surprising.
0:47.2	The New York Yankees have decided on new leadership.
0:50.6	Aaron Boone is the next team manager.
0:53.3	Why the Yankees would hire somebody like Aaron Boone?
0:57.4	He's never been a manager and he's never been in the dugout.
1:00.2	Yankees Twitter is pissing me the hell off.
1:02.2	Oh my God, this is such a horrible hire.
1:04.7	How do you know?
1:06.2	This was a guy who would never manage before at any level.
1:08.7	He'd never even been a bench coach.
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