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Derek Jeter criticizes Aaron Boone for the Yankees’ costly decision
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Derek Jeter criticizes Aaron Boone for the Yankees’ costly decision

Mr. November had a big problem with a move by Aaron Boone in late October.

Boone pulled Gerrit Cole in the seventh inning, after allowing just four hits and one run on 88 pitches, after the starter gave up a leadoff single to Teoscar Hernandez.

During Fox’s World Series postgame show, Jeter reversed the decision.

Aaron Boone reacts during the Yankees’ Game 1 loss to the Dodgers on Oct. 25, 2024. Charles Wenzelberg/New York Post

“Look, I know we talk about this all the time and I don’t want to be one of those guys who says, ‘Back in the day when we played…’ but we talked about how when we played the Mets in 2000. Al Leiter threw Game 6 and threw 140 pitches,” Jeter began.

“Gerrit Cole dominated this match. He dominated the match! And if you take him out after 88 throws for I don’t know what reasonit’s a domino effect, not just on this game tonight, (but) on tomorrow’s game and the rest of the series. I just think when you have someone who acts like Gerrit Cole acted tonight, you should leave him out of there as long as possible.”

Jeter and Boone were teammates with the Yankees in 2003, the year Boone hit a walk-off home run to beat the Red Sox in Game 7 of the ALCS.

The immediate “domino effect” Jeter refers to is that the Yankees ran out of pitchers.

From the seventh through ninth inning, the Yankees burned Clay Holmes, Tommy Kahnle and Luke Weaver.

The game went to extra innings and with a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the 10th, Boone brought in Jake Cousins.

Derek Jeter questioned Aaron Boone’s decision to pull Gerrit Cole after just 88 pitches. Fox

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With the Dodgers holding first and second with one out, Boone then turned to Nestor Cortes due to the high leverage situation to face the powerful trio of Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman.

Cortes ultimately gave up a walk-off grand slam to Freeman as the Dodgers won 6-3.

After the game, Boone told reporters that toward the end of his performance, he “thought (Cole) got a little taxed.”

Aaron Boone #17 takes Gerrit Cole from the Yankees’ Game 1 loss to the Dodgers on October 25, 2024. Getty Images

“The last 20, 30 pitches I thought he was grinding a little bit,” Boone said.