TAMPA, Fla. -- New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Tuesday he didn't like hearing the criticism of his team levied by Los Angeles Dodgers players after they beat the Yankees in last year's World Series and hopes to "handle things with a little more class" if New York can win its first championship since 2009.
Dodgers utilityman Chris Taylor and former reliever Joe Kelly disparaged the Yankees -- whose sloppy fifth inning ultimately led to a series-clinching Game 5 loss -- with Kelly calling their shoddy defense and baserunning "well-known" on his podcast and Taylor saying the Yankees "s--- down their leg" on teammate Mookie Betts' podcast.