Classic Aaron Boone quote after deflating loss fuels Yankees fans' anger and impatience

Two things can be true: Aaron Boone is consistently given an incomplete roster that suffers the expected consequences when important players go down with injuries ... but Aaron Boone also refuses to be candid, much to the frustration of Yankees fans.

He doesn't care. He's said it on countless occasions on Talkin' Yanks. And that's the Yankees organization in a nutshell: they do not care what the fans think. They believe the fans are ignorant know-nothings who casually watch 25 games a year and find pleasure in joining the toxic online discussion that tries to bring the team down.

But the reality is, as always, is that there's a middleground. Are there people who exist to be miserable and call out the Yankees on every infraction? Yes. Are there fans who don't "know ball"? Also yes. There are, however, a majority that are dialed in for most games, transactions, press conferences, etc. and are in the know as much as a fan possibly can be.

That's the group consistently bemoaning the team's clear-as-day problems. They are pointing out the factual evidence contributing to the roster's shortcomings that continue to doom them in the postseason. This is the literal worst offense in the league since the beginning of June, and yet ...

Yankees fans are exhausted by broken record Aaron Boone comments on lineup

"We've got to go do it." Yup, that's quite inherent. If you're not doing it, you're not playing baseball. Now, we're not ignoring the fact that, again, Boone is not given sufficient talent to work with given the Yankees' arsenal of resources. But would it kill the guy to say one thing that's critical? One thing to wake up a collective that has generally failed for 2.5 months now?

We have no idea if it will work. There's a chance that these hitters without Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and Cody Bellinger simply aren't good enough. But we'll never know if we don't try!

Take look at the Dodgers. Manager Dave Roberts had some harsh words for them last week when he said his group was a "wild card team" and that they weren't playing good enough. While he didn't necessarily have a solution for the team's Edwin Diaz woes, he certainly expressed frustration on the matter by getting animated with reporters.

The Yankees are not the Dodgers, we get that. But if the back-to-back champs are getting tested by their manager, then why can't the Yankees, who have only fallen short and embarrassed themselves over the last 8.5 years under Boone? How many more failures will it take? How many more times must they not rise to the occasion? How many more players will it take to step in and underwhelm?

It's just about time the Yankees try something different. Boone doesn't have to change who he is, but he's not shy about getting testy with reporters. What's the harm in telling your team through the media that they're not doing enough and it's simply unacceptable? If they don't respond, then we just know they aren't good enough. Seems pretty self-explanatory.

The Yankees have the best starters' ERA (2.89) since the All-Star break. They are 14-13 in those 27 sterling starts. Squeaking out one-run victory after one-run victory with zero help from the offense and all-out efforts from an exhausted pitching staff is not a recipe for success. It's time that message is relayed. But I guess we'll just wait for Aaron Judge to return and rely on him to wake up the bats despite being absent for over three months.

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