While the New York Yankees have been the most winning team in Major League Baseball, the same cannot be claimed for the 2023 season. With the season in its home stretch and the competitive AL East, the Yankees’ misfiring offense must get its act together. And the Aaron Boone-led front office will need to take some responsibility.
With the Bronx Bombers taking on the AL East-leading Baltimore Orioles in a 3-game series on Sunday, the Yankee faithful would have hoped for a tone-setting performance. Instead, it was a swing and a miss for the lineup, ending with a disappointing offensive output. Yankees’ manager, Aaron Boone, on the one hand, was unperturbed. The fans, however, had some things to say.
Yankees’ Misfiring Offensive Lineup
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Per Sports Writer, Gary Phillips, the Yankees’ lineup was misfiring in another encounter as they recorded 18 strikeouts on Sunday against the Orioles in a single game. In context, a baseball game has 27 outs in a regulation game.
Manager Aaron Boone, however, took confidence from the encounter, stating that the hitters were coming into form as the game went along.
Aaron Boone on the offense: "Outside of the strikeouts, I thought at-bats were building off of last night. I thought we grinded out really well. We made it really tough on Kremer. We couldn't finish off."
The #Yankees struck out 18 times. There are 27 outs in a regulation game.
— Gary Phillips (@GaryHPhillips) July 31, 2023
With Garry Phillips reporting, Boone said, “Outside of the strikeouts, I thought at-bats were building off of last night. I thought we grinded out really well“. Boone wasn’t completely dismissive of the Yankees loss, however, conceding that they lacked the killer blow. “We couldn’t finish off,” he added.
Despite the returning?Aaron Judge, the Yankees had lost the series opener to the Orioles in a 1-0 defeat on Friday. With Judge firing on all cylinders, they managed an 8-3 win on Saturday to tie the series and take it into the decider on Sunday. However, down to a dismal batting performance, the Yankees slumped to a 9-3 loss to the division-leading Orioles.
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The Bronx faithful hoped that star slugger Aaron Judge’s return could turn things around for the franchise. With the star rested, though.
Fans Call Out For Aaron Boone Dismissal After Batting Collapse
Yankees fans were upset at the team’s showing, perhaps even more so with the manager’s seemingly lighthearted approach to the loss.
While undoubtedly taking positives from the encounter is an important aspect, to lose ground in an ever-closing race is not something that the Yankees fanbase in baseball takes well.
Does anyone ever question this guy? I mean that is a RIDICULOUS QUOTE
— Lebron (@1234djwfdsnewr) July 31, 2023
Send this idiot to fucking Mars man
— Above Average Prop Guy 🌽 (@AboveAvgPropGuy) July 31, 2023
LOLOLOLOL "No I'm not discouraged. It's all right in front of us. If you take out the first inning we won the game. And we will have Judgie back 66% of the games"….
— Bill Shepherd… (@MyGSDog_HavoK) July 31, 2023
This is what gaslighting and toxic positivity looks like
— Kevin Finnerty 🗽 (@kevinfinnertyy) July 31, 2023
Some fans went as far as to call for the manager’s dismissal altogether.
Time for the Boone Era to END!
— Jeffrey Brey (@BreyJ) July 31, 2023
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Boones tenure as manager pic.twitter.com/Sh7188H2om
— ᎷᎥᏦᏋ (@mikedwards_) July 31, 2023
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But what do you think? Is this Boone simply trying to put on a brave face for his team and the fans? Or is this just denial at its best with the faltering Yankees? Let us know in the comments below.
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