Yankees manager Aaron Boone was called on the carpet by MLB last week for getting thrown out of games at a ridiculous pace exceeded by only one manager in history, a guy known as “Ol’ Rant and Rave.” So how did the new “Ol’ Rant and Rave” respond?
“No, I’m not going to change,” Boone said.
It was a misguided response to behavior that is hard to fathom in an age of replay review, which essentially removes every safe-out call on the bases from sensible argument. Well, since then Boone has made it through a whole week without throwing one of his patented tantrums—the levelheadedness caused him to slip into third place on the ejection frequency list—so maybe there is a real change of behavior that he just doesn’t want to admit.
