Kate Copeland
Aaron Boone, the Yankees manager, can’t escape his now-infamous tirade at an umpire. It follows him everywhere, even though he isn’t proud of some of the language that on-field microphones caught him using during that July 18 game. His parents wear T-shirts printed with “Savages in the Box,” the phrase he repeatedly yelled. His players and fans do, too. The name plates in the home clubhouse at Yankee Stadium now include the words “October Savages.”
Another reminder came when the Yankees visited the Tampa Bay Rays in the final week of the season.