Let’s stop Yankees fans in their tracks: there is a better chance that the Yankees retire the pinstripes and move to Siberia than there is that they’d hire Alex Rodríguez to replace Aaron Boone.

"We're the Yankees," Boone said. "When we lose games, if it's in and around a mistake, that criticism is fair game."

Wearing a T-shirt that featured the face of the former Yankees captain who criticized the current club for making too many mistakes, Aaron Boone played defense.