AARON BOONE RUMORS & GOSSIP

What's the greatest all-time Yankee home run? Buck Dent? Aaron Boone? Chamblis for the pennant? Leyritz v. the Braves? Ruth's 60th? Ruth's called shot? Maris' 61st? Jeter's 3000th? Jeter's shot v. Jeffrey Maier? Scott Brosius on the second night? Mantle off Barney Schultz? Mattingly v. Mariners? Slade Heathcott last September? Or how about this... Because in the end, it's What have...

According to a report from the Associated Press, Jessica Mendoza will return to ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball booth for the 2016 alongside Dan Shulman. But she won’t be joined in the booth by either John Kruk or Curt Schilling, as Aaron Boone will instead be joining the pair in the booth as the second analyst. The AP report also notes that Schilling will be taking Boone’s place...

By Jesse Reed Divisional rivals in MLB often act a lot like siblings who cannot stop beating up on one another. Such has long been the case between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox—two of the most storied franchises in the big leagues with a long history of mutual hatred. On this note, we bring to your attention a humorous history lesson. Speaking on the “Dan Patrick...

Monday, May 19 Detroit Tigers at Cleveland Indians (ESPN 7 pm) Dave O’Brien, Aaron Boone Tuesday, May 20 Cincinnati Reds at Washington Nationals (MLBN 7 pm) Local Broadcast [alt: Jays at Red Sox] New York Yankees at Chicago Cubs (WGNA 8 pm) Len Kasper, Jim Deshaies Wednesday, May 21 New York Yankees at Chicago Cubs (MLBN 2 pm) Local Broadcast [alt: Mariners at Rangers] Los...

Last night on ESPN’s telecast of the Atlanta Braves versus the Philadelphia Phillies, Dan Shulman, Aaron Boone and Tim Kurkjian discussed the topic that comes up every mid-April. The issue of the low percentage of African-Americans in Major League Baseball has circled around the sport for too long, and rehashing the points of contention is almost […] The post Starting Lineups...

Fans tuning in to ESPN2 at 4:30 on Monday had something unexpected on their television screens – Baseball Tonight All-Access. The pregame show was announced with relatively short notice, but was put together pretty well. Adnan Virk, Eduardo Perez, and Aaron Boone had a desk on the field, and Tim Kurkjian served in his usual role as a roving reporter. The All-Access idea largely...

This afternoon, we’ll see the third World Series ring ceremony at Fenway Park in ten years. Does that even make sense? Take a minute, if you must, to let it soak in. And try to remember where you were when Aaron Boone took Timmy Wakefield yard in the 2003 ALCS. And the hangover you woke up with the next day. And how you couldn’t bring yourself to eat or drink or listen to sports...

Future Cleveland infielder Aaron Boone is born in La Mesa, California. Boone, the son and grandson of former Major League players, signed with Cleveland as a free agent in June of 2004. He was injured and would miss that entire season but spent the following two seasons with the Tribe. After producing a respectable 16 home runs and 60 RBI in 2005, his numbers dropped considerably...

In 2003, with Boston just weeks removed from the collapse in the ALCS to New York (thanks Aaron Boone), Red Sox front office has a brilliant idea to trade Manny Ramirez, Jon Lester and Nomar Garciaparra for baseball's best player, Alex Rodriguez. Not only did A-Rod have a squeaky clean image, but he could hit for power and play great defense at short stop. This was the deal that...