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There were no proclamations from Aaron Boone at the start of this Yankees season, no guarantee in March of glory in October. That is not how baseball works, and Boone knows it in his bones. The Boone family — grandfather Ray, father Bob, and brothers Aaron and Bret — played 58 distinguished seasons in the majors and won just two World Series.
“One of the reasons you sign up to do this is you want to win a championship, and everyone in our room has that expectation — and rightfully, because I think we’re one of the teams that has the potential to do that,” Boone, the Yankees’ manager, said before batting practice at Thursday’s season opener in the Bronx.