About
2003 All Star
8 Years as ESPN Broadcaster
126 Career Home Runs
33rd Manager in Yankees History
12 Year MLB Career as Player
Led 2018 Yankees to 100-62 Record
Active supporter of Chances for Children, a non-profit organization providing hope for children and communities in Haiti
Aaron John Boone (born March 9, 1973) is an American former Major League Baseball infielder. During his career Boone played for the Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Florida Marlins, Washington Nationals, and Houston Astros. He is currently the manager of The New York Yankees, is a former ESPN game analyst and color commentator for ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball coverage, as well as a contributor to Baseball Tonight. He is a member of the prominent Boone baseball family.
Boone played baseball for the University of Southern California. In 1993, he won a Cape Cod Baseball League championship with the Orleans Cardinals and hit 15 doubles that summer (still a club record). The Cincinnati Reds selected Boone in the third round of the 1994 MLB draft. Boone made his debut in June 1997, and was ejected from the game after being
called out sliding into home.
On the last day of the 1998 season, the Reds started the only MLB infield composed of two sets of brothers; first baseman Stephen Larkin, second baseman Bret Boone, shortstop Barry Larkin, and third baseman Aaron Boone.
Boone hit a walk-off home run in the 11th inning, off of Tim Wakefield during Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS which gave the New York Yankees a 6–5 victory over the Boston Red Sox. The Yankees won the game and the series on the home run, thus prolonging the Sox' Curse of the Bambino for one more year. The New York Daily News dubbed the play the "Curse of the Boonebino". This home run was rated the ninth-best home run of all time on Baseball Tonight.