Managing in the playoffs can be a pretty thankless job. Making a bold call, like having Madison Bumgarner pitch virtually every game in the World Series, often leads to the player receiving more credit than the manager, while making a poor call means the manager absorbs all the blame. As the saying goes, victory has a thousand fathers; defeat is an orphan.
Enter Aaron Boone. Despite leading his team to a 100 win season last year, most of the collective memory Yankee fans have of his first season is some questionable decisions made in the ALDS against Boston.