TORONTO — Aaron Boone is intelligent, personable, respectful, polite, hit the biggest home run in Yankees history and comes from a baseball family that seemingly dates back to Abner Doubleday.
All of that makes for nice stories, but can he manage the Yankees?
Starting Thursday afternoon inside Rogers Centre, we will begin to find out if the Yankees made a mistake in running Joe Girardi out of The Bronx after 10 seasons, 910 wins, one World Series title and a captivating run to Game 7 of the ALCS a year ago.
Or if turning to Boone, which definitely came from out of the box since he not only never managed at any level but has no coaching experience, was a brilliant move.