The New York Yankees are standing on the edge of their season, and Aaron Boone isn’t blinking. As the Bombers prepare for Game 3 of the American League Division Series against the Toronto Blue Jays, the Yankees’ manager made one lineup decision that immediately caught attention: rookie Ben Rice stays in, while veteran Paul Goldschmidt will sit.

It’s a move that says everything about how Boone views this team right now — not with fear, but with conviction. Down 0–2 in a best-of-five, every pitch, every swing carries the weight of October.

For Boone, this isn’t the time to second-guess the players who’ve carried the Yankees’ offense through much of the stretch run.

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