According to the Associated Press, Boone will manage the Yankees. Heâs never been a manager or coach at any level. After retiring in 2009, he joined ESPN as an in-studio analyst before doing color commentator on games.
He beat six other candidates for the job - Yankees bench coach Rob Thomson, former Cleveland and Seattle manager Eric Wedge, San Francisco bench coach Hensley Meulens; Dodgers third base coach Chris Woodward and former Yankee outfielder Carlos Beltran.
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