Aaron Boone has spent much of the summer going viral for all the wrong reasons, but the latest clip attached to the Yankees manager showed a completely different side.
This time there was no umpire, no tirade and no scene. Boone was caught on video singing and rocking along to Motley Crue’s “Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away),” and Yankees fans noticed right away that he looked far more relaxed than they’re used to seeing him.
The timing made it even better. Just days earlier, Boone had been ejected by home plate umpire Vic Carapazza against Toronto, the 50th ejection of his Yankees managerial career.
That episode followed the usual Boone formula: he thought a pitch was down, got tossed, then stormed onto the field. The new clip landed at the other extreme, with nothing to argue and nobody to fight.
It also turns out Boone wasn’t just reacting to whatever came through the ballpark speakers. In a previous interview about his life away from baseball, Boone named the music he likes and included Motley Crue in the mix. He also listed Pearl Jam, Stevie Nicks and Mariah Carey, then said it plainly: “Motley Crue,” Boone said, listing the group among his go-to artists.
That makes the singalong feel less like a random moment and more like Boone hearing a song he actually knows cold. “Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)” was the fourth single from Motley Crue’s 1989 album “Dr.
Feelgood.” It came out in May 1990 and reached No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 13 on the Mainstream Rock chart, per Billboard’s archives.
Boone was born in March 1973, so he was 17 when the single was climbing and dominating rock radio. The result is a pretty simple equation: a 17-year-old in 1990 is now a 53-year-old manager who still knows the chorus.
The clip also arrives with the Yankees in a better spot than they were not long ago. They finished a three-game sweep of the Baltimore Orioles with a 6-1 win Thursday at Camden Yards, stretching their winning streak to four and moving to 72-55. That trimmed their deficit behind the first-place Tampa Bay Rays in the AL East to four games.
There were signs of life on offense, too. The Yankees scored five runs Wednesday and six Thursday, their first back-to-back games of at least five runs since early July. Gerrit Cole gave them six innings and allowed one run in the finale.
Still, the bigger picture hasn’t changed. Aaron Judge remains out with a fractured rib, though he has started hitting off a tee. Cody Bellinger began a rehab assignment Thursday, and Giancarlo Stanton is still building up.
Boone’s public image has been shaped for years by the opposite kind of moment - the ejections, the strike-zone demonstrations, the “savages in the box” rant in 2019. That’s why this one hit differently.
For once, the clip wasn’t about Boone blowing up. It was about Boone enjoying himself, and for a Yankees fan base that’s spent plenty of time waiting for the next eruption, that alone made it stand out.
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