Aaron Boone’s Managerial Start Smoother Than Dad Bob’s

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Aaron Boone’s managerial debut was considerably smoother than the first game run by his father Bob, who pulled Kevin Appier with a no-hitter after 6 2/3 innings and 98 pitches in the Kansas City Royals’ 1995 opener.

Appier had just struck out Baltimore’s Cal Ripken Jr. when Boone signaled for reliever Rusty Meacham.

“When I walked out and I heard all the boos from the fans, I wanted to go: Wait a minute. He’s got too many pitches and this is the first game out of spring training,” Bob Boone recalled Monday. “But they didn’t understand. So when I look back on it, I go, that was dumb. That kind of set the tone as to how dumb I was for the rest of my managerial career.”

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