Aaron Boone challenges reeling Yankees to ‘get over’ extended struggles
NY Post
After a crushing loss Friday night, Aaron Boone noticed something a little off in his Yankees over the next two days in Miami.
The Yankees looked lifeless in a shutout loss Saturday and then followed with a “1 of 162” level of memorable in a loss Sunday to complete the Marlins’ three-game sweep.
“That loss kind of just being a little disheartening, and that’s the part where we’ve got like, OK, screw that, get over yourself, this isn’t feel-sorry-for-yourself time,” Boone said Tuesday on “Talkin’ Yanks.”
While Boone often is criticized for going easy on his players, he challenged them Tuesday amid a four-game losing streak that featured another crippling loss Monday in an 8-5 walk-off defeat to the Rangers after struggling closer Devin Williams blew a one-run lead in the ninth.
The Yankees (60-53) enter Tuesday just 1 1/2 games clear of a playoff berth, and could possibly leave Texas on the outside looking in if they get swept and Seattle wins one of its next two games.
“We need to get to that next level of, ‘I don’t care what’s going on, I don’t care if I’ve made a mistake, if I’ve done well in a game,” Boone said before Tuesday’s game. “This is about us and let’s frickin’ go,’ and having that next level, I don’t know about anger, you got to control your emotions in this game, but you gotta have that, make sure we have that fire going, especially when you’re going through a stretch where you’re losing some tough games and you’ve lost, and you’ve dug yourself a hole like, it’s not woe is me, feel sorry for me, that burn has to be there and it’s like, let’s go. Let’s go.”
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