before beating Bret\u2019s Rangers 5-2 in The Bronx<\/a> on Tuesday. \u201cI used to wear the headgear, and he wouldn\u2019t. So, picture I\u2019m probably 6, he\u2019s probably 10, and I popped him good one time. It kind of got him upset, and he took it to me pretty good.<\/p>\n\u201cI\u2019m starting to cry a little bit, and he\u2019s like, \u2018No, you can\u2019t cry. We\u2019re going to get in trouble.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cYears later I was thinking: \u2018We\u2019re going to get in trouble? You\u2019re going to get in trouble for beating up your little brother.\u201d<\/p>\n
The fight has become fairer over the years.<\/p>\n
The two longtime big leaguers had matched up in their playing days but had not gone face-to-face as members of opposing coaching staffs until Tuesday. <\/p>\n
The Rangers hired Bret as hitting coach on May 5 after firing Donnie Ecker to attempt to breathe life into a flatlining offense.<\/p>\n
Aaron Boone (right) and Brett Boone (left) pose for a picture with the umpires during the lineup exchange before the Yankees\u2019 5-2 series-opening win over the Rangers on May 20, 2025. Jason Szenes \/ New York Post<\/p>\n
Rangers manager Bruce Bochy said Bret Boone \u2014 who had no previous coaching experience but ran a podcast and was a three-time All-Star over 14 big league seasons \u2014 can bring new ideas to his hitters and help them get \u201cmore involved, invested watching the game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Aaron and Bret watched each other from opposite dugouts after meeting on the field to exchange lineups before first pitch. <\/p>\n
The two were appreciative that the timing worked out so Aaron could have his four kids at the game and Bret\u2019s two sons attended, an impromptu family reunion.<\/p>\n
The timing also involved a mutual off-day Monday, when they went out to dinner together.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe actually paid the bill last night,\u201d Bret said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Giancarlo Stanton is \u201ctoward the endgame of his running program,\u201d though Aaron Boone did not know when the DH would begin a rehab assignment.<\/p>\n
Stanton is \u201cdoing well,\u201d Boone said, in his rehab from tendon injuries in both elbows. Boone said Stanton will begin getting some live at-bats \u201csoon,\u201d though he was not sure in what capacity Stanton would be getting those at-bats.<\/p>\n
After Ben Rice took ground balls at third base before Sunday\u2019s game \u2014 an interesting development for a positional group that is overflowing at the moment and yet does not have a true third baseman \u2014 Boone again downplayed the scene.<\/p>\n
Ben Rice hits a solo homer in the second inning of the Yankees\u2019 win over the Rangers. Jason Szenes \/ New York Post<\/p>\n
He said there is value to Rice, a catcher and first baseman, moving his legs at another position for athleticism reasons. He also said that \u201cyou never rule out anything,\u201d leaving the door open for Rice to try the spot later this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou always just want to stick someone at third, and it\u2019s not that simple,\u201d said Boone, himself a former third baseman. \u201cI\u2019ve seen him over there a couple times and I like how he moves over there and things like that, but it\u2019s not much more than that right now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rice went 2-for-3 with two RBIs \u2014 on a solo home run and sacrifice fly \u2014 on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Devin Williams celebrates after striking out Texas Rangers\u2019 Adolis Garc\u00eda during the eighth inning of the Yankees\u2019 win over the Rangers. Getty Images<\/p>\n
Devin Williams entered play having allowed a run in one of his past nine appearances. <\/p>\n
The reliever was credited with a hold while pitching an inning, striking out two and allowing a hit on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Boone said \u201cwe\u2019ll see\u201d whether Williams would reclaim the closing spot that Luke Weaver, who picked up his sixth save in the Yankees\u2019 win, has inherited.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo plans right now,\u201d Boone said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As Aaron Boone\u2019s pitchers tried to combat Bret Boone\u2019s hitters, the jabs were metaphorical. At one point, those…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2393],"tags":[1797,5,731,83,4,62,149,185,1567,69,3240],"class_list":{"0":"post-43531","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas-rangers","8":"tag-aaron-boone","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-ben-rice","11":"tag-devin-williams","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-new-york-yankees","14":"tag-rangers","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-texas","17":"tag-texas-rangers","18":"tag-texasrangers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/114545401953520193","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}