Aaron Boone’s decision to pull Max Fried before the seventh inning is one of the reasons the Yankees’ season is on the brink.
Now, the Yankees’ play-by-play announcer is questioning the manager’s explanation for why he pulled his ace at 102 pitches in a 3-1 loss in Game 1 of the wild-card round to the Red Sox.
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Boone said after the game that he had initially planned to take Fried out after six innings, but after inducing a double play in that frame, the skipper said he wanted the lefty to face Jarren Duran — a left-handed hitter — in the seventh before exiting. Boone added that Fried did no