Dodgers reliever Joe Kelly said on the Baseball Isn’t Boring show that the matchup between the two teams was a “mismatch from the get-go,” and the Yankees would be ranked eighth or ninth out of all the postseason teams; infielder Miguel Rojas said the Yankees had a “lazy defense” and he thought they were poor fundamentally; and utilityman Chris Taylor notoriously said the Yankees “s— down their leg.”
Those comments stung inside the Yankees’ organization. They spent their offseason trying to improve defensively and on the basepaths. Four months later, Boone still takes the Dodgers’ comments personally.
“I don’t like hearing that,” Boone said. “But the reality is, we didn’t play our best in the series, and they won. They have that right to say whatever. Hopefully, we’re in that position next year and handle things with a little more class. The reality is, that’s a great team and a great organization with a lot of great people I happen to know and respect, too. A few people sounding off isn’t necessarily how I would want to draw it up, but they’re the champs. They have that right.”
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