Fans, who in general favor a war general over a nice guy in the dugout, loved it.

Aaron Boone did not. There are not many who despised <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/08/03/sports/yankees-gleyber-torres-opens-up-about-getting-benched-after-dogging-it-on-basepaths/">what the Yankees manager did Friday</a> more than Boone himself.

“You never want to do that,” Boone said a day after benching Gleyber Torres mid-game for admiring what he believed to be a home run, turning a possible double into a single.

It is rare in MLB today that a manager pulls a player who gives less than 100 percent effort — for many reasons:

Boone established a precedent that will be tested and questioned certainly this season and for the rest of his duration with the Yankees.{ai:summary}<p>The fans cheered, craving a hard-nosed leader over a kind-hearted softy, but Aaron Boone was soured. He benched Gleyber Torres for reveling too long over a hit that fizzled, a rare move in a game where effort is often taken for granted. </p><p>In the world of baseball, the hard lessons are few and far between. #sports</p>

Aaron Boone just invited an uncomfortable question the next time a Yankee doesn’t hustle

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