Michael Kay lambasted the Yankees after mental conditioning coach Chad Bohling distributed a clip to players using the Yankees’ 3-0 collapse against the Red Sox from the 2004 ALCS as motivati…
“How could you do that?” he yelled. “It would be like somebody from Lincoln’s family, and you’re trying to teach them about shootings in theaters and how to avoid it. I mean, are you out of your mind? And then to make it worse, Eduardo Perez, who’s doing the game with Dan Shulman on ESPN Radio, has Aaron Boone FaceTime with David Ortiz and Ortiz supposedly gave some advice.
“Aaron Boone has to say to them, ‘Thank you, but we’re not going there.’ And here’s the amazing thing, Don [La Greca] and Peter [Rosenberg]: They told the media! Aaron Boone told the media, ‘Oh yeah, we put together a tape of the 2004 Red Sox.'”Yankees manager Aaron Boone speaks to reporters after Game 4 of the ALCS early Monday morning on Oct. 24, 2022.“We watched that video,’’ Boone told reporters on Sunday. “We sent it out to the coaches and players.” “I hate to do it. I hate to do it.