Starkville’s Back with Aaron Boone

About this episode

Jayson Stark and Doug Glanville discuss the re-launch of Starkville and interview Yankees manager Aaron Boone about his life and baseball insights.

Jayson Stark and Doug Glanville are back with a new episode of Starkville! The guys discuss their plans for the re-launch of the show and the implementation of ABS. Then, Yankees manager Aaron Boone joins to talk about his childhood as part of the Boone family, his wide array of impersonations and his very specific skill with baseball cards. Rundown: 0:00 Starkville Is Back! 5:35 ABS In MLB 12:05 Aaron Boone Joins the Show 15:50 How the Yankees Prepared for ABS 23:02 Getting Ejected 29:24 Playing in New York 31:55 Growing Up in the Boone Family 36:30 Aaron Boone: The Great Imitator 39:34 Playing 162 42:50 Baseball Card Savant 46:31 Strange But True Follow Jayson on Bluesky: @jaysonst.bsky.social Follow Doug on Bluesky: @dougglanville.bsky.social E-mail: starkville@theathletic.com Subscribe to The Athletic: theathletic.com/ratesandbarrels Hosts: Jayson Stark & Doug Glanville With: Aaron Boone Editor: Jason Potere Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Jayson Stark, Doug Glanville

Guest: Aaron Boone

Topics covered

• baseball
• Yankees
• ABS
• interviews
• sports culture

Keywords

• Starkville
• Aaron Boone
• Yankees
• ABS
• baseball cards
• impressions
• ejections

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Athletic, Acast

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