Joe Girardi defends Aaron Boone amid Yankees accountability questions
The former Yankees manager offers a different verdict from The Show's hosts, in an episode on pace for roughly ten times its usual first-day audience.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 36,149 views a day, 10 times a normal first day on this channel (3,582).
Joe Girardi Tells Us If Yankees Have Accountability Issue + Latest On Aaron Boone | The Show Ep. 222
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- 3:07Heyman argues that the Yankees should consider moving on from Boone.
- 15:46Sherman proposes Jorge Posada as bench coach to bring more demanding standards into the clubhouse.
- 24:29Girardi joins the accountability discussion, insisting managers must keep trying to reach every player.
- 27:50Girardi says injuries to Judge and Stanton changed the lineup's dynamic and affected postseason success.
- 41:21Girardi defends Boone's roster adjustments and bullpen management rather than supporting his dismissal.
- 49:18Girardi rejects the clubhouse sweets-ban rumor and says he would consider the right managing opportunity.
Jon Heyman thinks the Yankees should move on from Aaron Boone. Joe Girardi, the man Boone replaced, isn't convinced that changing managers is the answer.
On New York Post Sports' The Show, Girardi pushes back against firing his successor. "I think you could argue this was his best year of managing," he says, crediting Boone's adjustments to roster challenges and his handling of the bullpen. Girardi also points to injuries to Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton as changes that altered the lineup's dynamic.
The episode drew about 14,000 views in its first six hours, putting it on an unusually fast trajectory for the channel's longer videos. Its comment section had already attracted nearly five times the number of comments a typical upload receives in a full first day.
The disagreement gives the conversation its shape. Before Girardi joins, Joel Sherman argues that talent isn't the Yankees' central problem: he wants firmer standards and more accountability. His concrete suggestion is Jorge Posada as bench coach, bringing a demanding former player into the clubhouse. That proposal also gets its own companion Short.
Girardi doesn't dismiss the work of reaching players. "I'm of the belief that no player is unreached. I'm going to keep trying until I die," he says. Later, the discussion turns from managerial temperament to situational hitting, putting the ball in play and stealing bases.
There's also a small correction to Girardi's stern reputation: he says the story that he banned sweets from the clubhouse isn't true.
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When we had Matsui he always got that run in from 3rd
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terrific interview!
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- Channel views, last 7 days
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Which position did Jorge Posada primarily play for the Yankees?
Posada was the Yankees' longtime catcher, making Sherman's proposal a move from behind the plate to the coaching staff.