MLB All-Star Game audience discovers what Yankees fans already knew about Aaron Boone

We'll be the first ones to say that the American League losing for just the third time in the last 13 All-Star Games had almost nothing to do with New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone ... but we'll also be the first ones to say that it's not fully a coincidence.

Under Boone, the Yankees, whether Boone's fault or not, have choked spectacularly in the spotlight. The 2018 postseason. The 2019 postseason. The 2020 postseason. The 2021 postseason. The 2022 postseason. The 2024 World Series. Just about nationally-televised game against the Boston Red Sox and New York Mets. You name it, and we can assure you the Yankees have a .300 winning percentage across whatever sample of marquee games we can dig up.

So why would the 2025 All-Star Game be any different? After all, the more Boone has at his disposal, the less gets accomplished! Again, this isn't a deliberate shot at the Yankees' manager; it's simply what Yankees fans have lived through since 2018.

Over the last 11 All-Star Games, the American League trailed for a combined six innings. On Tuesday night, they trailed for the first six innings (and it ended up being all eight when the game was over). The last time that happened? 2012. The other loss in 2023 featured an eighth-inning comeback by the NL.

In this one, the AL logged just three hits over the first six innings. It wasn't until the substitutes came in that runs started being scored (and that was after the NL was already leading 6-0). Sadly, the worst person Yankees fans know, Bill Simmons, made a really good point on social media that even New Yorkers can't deny.

But they didn't get killed, even though it looked like they would. Wait a second! In classic Yankees-under-Boone fashion, the AL staged what was feeling like a flukey comeback. They tied the game in the top of the ninth, storming all the way back to tie the game 6-6. All that was left was to survive the bottom of the ninth or subsequent "Swing-Off."

Step 1: Check. Aroldis Chapman delivered a 1-2-3 inning and the game went into the first ever Swing-Off, featuring Pete Alonso, Kyle Schwarber and Kyle Stowers (NL) vs Brent Rooker, Randy Arozarena and ... Jonathan Aranda (AL). Hey, good thing it wasn't extra innings, right? The Yankees under Boone are legitimately the worst in the league in those games! But Aranda? Aranda.

In fitting fashion, Boone and the AL were the first losers of the new format when the NL ripped off four homers (to the AL's three) in the Swing-Off, powered by Schwarber's electrifying hat trick. The NL didn't even need their final batter to swing.

Boone's choice of Aranda — WHICH WAS MADE BEFORE THE GAME! — was the official difference maker. The Rays slugger, who has just 11 homers on the year (the fewest of all the players selected), didn't hit one on the three balls he chose to swing at. This team had Aaron Judge, Cal Raleigh, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Byron Buxton and Junior Caminero. Throw in Jazz Chisholm, and that's literally half the Home Run Derby field from Monday night.

So there you have it — a mostly silent offense that wakes up too little, too late, and then doesn't do enough to secure the victory when pushing their opponent to the brink. That's a vintage Yankees loss under Aaron Boone, MLB fans. You got to witness it firsthand, and now you can truly savor how Yankees fans have suffered for the last seven-plus years.