New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone had some concerning news after a dramatic walk-off win over the Rangers on Wednesday night. Fernando Cruz, the dynamic reliever the Yankees added to their bullpen this winter, has been shut down since Saturday with a shoulder issue.

As Aaron Boone’s pitchers tried to combat Bret Boone’s hitters, the jabs were metaphorical. At one point, those Boone vs. Boone punches were literal.

The Boone brothers met at home plate prior to Tuesday's series opener between the New York Yankees and Texas Rangers, going head to head for the first time since their playing days.

Yankees skipper Aaron Boone presented Juan Soto, Clay Holmes, and Desi Druschel, his former assistant pitching coach, with their 2024 ALCS rings this past weekend.

Bret recently replaced Donnie Ecker as Texas’ hitting coach, making Tuesday’s game the first big league competition between the brothers since 2005.

It seems that the stories surrounding the two New York teams are similar at the start of the Major League Baseball season, as in both cases there is always great expectation, there

Yankees manager Aaron Boone was ejected in the ninth inning after arguing a strike call that appeared to be a ball.

New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge prefers to be known as a hitter rather than a slugger and is backing that up with a .396 batting average this season.

It wasn’t the only family reunion of the series, either. Rangers starter Jack Leiter and Yankees reliever Mark Leiter Jr. are cousins, the sons of former major leaguers Al and Mark Leiter. Before Tuesday’s game all four Leiter pitchers posed on the field for photos. Mark Leiter, Jr. pitched in relief against the Rangers on Tuesday.

Boone is too nice a guy to gloat about the fast start. He knows most fans don’t trust him – or the injury gods. Too much can still go wrong. But if Boone isn’t surprised by the Yankees’ five-game lead in the East, I certainly am