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Aaron Boone Is Remaining In His Position As Manager Of New York

Aaron Boone is remaining in his position as manager of New York.

Why?

New York, the team that wears the pinstripes has re-signed Aaron Boone to a three-year contract through the 2024 season with a club option for 2025.

In his first four seasons as the manager of New York, of the team that wears the pinstripes Aaron Boone has compiled a career 328-218 managerial record and has led the Yankees to a postseason berth in each of his first four seasons at the helm (2018-21). Over his first three full seasons as manager (2018-19, ’21), he has averaged 98 wins per season. The La Mesa, Calif., native is just the second manager in Baseball history to reach the postseason in each of his first four managerial seasons, joining Mike Matheny (2012-15 with St. Louis, also four straight). He is the third manager to make the playoffs in each of his first four seasons with the Yankees, joining Casey Stengel (first five from 1949-53) and Joe Torre (first 12 from 1996-2007).

In the 2021 season, the Yankees posted a 92-70 record and clinched their fifth consecutive postseason berth (since 2017). The club was tied for second place in the AL East and clinched the second AL Wild Card spot. The Yankees posted a 50-29 (.633) record in their final 79 games of the regular season (7/6-10/3), marking the fourth-best record in the Majors in that span, trailing only San Francisco (54-24, .692), Los Angeles-NL (53-24, .688) and Tampa Bay (51-26, .662).

Managing General Partner Hal Steinbrenner. the son of former owner managing partner George M. Steinbrenner had this to say about bringing Aaron Boone back as manager of New York, of the team that wears the pinstripes.

We have a person and manager in Aaron Boone who possesses the baseball acumen and widespread respect in our clubhouse to continue to guide us forward,“As a team and as an organization, we must grow, evolve and improve. We need to get better. Period. I know Aaron fully embraces our expectations of success, and I look forward to drawing on his intelligence, instincts and leadership in pursuit of our next World Series championship.”

General Manager Brian Cashman had this to say about Aaron Boone "A manager is only as good as the players he's got," Cashman said Tuesday. "If he was entering the free-agent market, I believe he'd be the No. 1 managerial candidate in baseball. There's a number of different vacancies, and we would be going to market looking for someone like him."

Aaron Judge who is a right fielder for New York for the team that wears the pinstripes had this to say about Aaron Boone remaining in his position as manager of New York of the team that wears the pinstripes!

When you are the manager of this team and you wear the N.Y. and you wear these pinstripes, it's a heavy burden," slugger Aaron Judge said after the team's season ended. "But a guy like Booney, man, he wears it with pride, shows up to work every day and gets us prepared the right way, keeps us motivated and gets on guys when he needs to."It's been a pleasure the past couple of years to play for him and fight for him every single day. I could spend all night giving you reasons why he should still be the manager."

“according to an article by ESPN News Services

Aaron Boone though hasn’t only been the manager of New York, of the team that wears pinstripes but he also has been a player as he played one season with New York with the team that wears the pinstripes during his 12 year Major League Baseball Career!

When?

2003 Aaron Boone played for New York, for the team that wears the pinstripes!

During his one season playing for New York, for the team that wears the pinstripes Aaron Boone helped New York, clinch the American League pennant in 2003, hitting a series-ending, “walk-off” home run off Boston’s Tim Wakefield in the bottom of the 11th inning of ALCS Game 7 at the original Yankee Stadium.

“according to Bryan Hoch’s article on mlb.com”