CLEVELAND — Aaron Judge, Alex Verdugo, Jazz Chisholm and most of the other Yankees called out “Boooooooone” when their manager was introduced during an on-field American League championship trophy presentation late Saturday night.

They are tired, some of them are broken (or at least have broken fingers), and yet the New York Yankees are one win away from their first pennant since 2009. They outlasted the Cleveland Guardians in ALCS Game 4 on Friday after the two teams spent two days trading haymakers.

The Yankees secured a spot in the World Series for the first time since 2009 after a 5-2 win in Game 5 of the ALCS against the Guardians. Here’s what Yankees manager Aaron Boone said after Game 5. Transcript courtesy of MLB.

The manager had heard the noise, because it was impossible not to hear the noise. The starting third baseman was knee-deep in a flummoxing funk. He’d scratched out only two hits and a walk in 17 plate appearances.

This is in my blood. It’s all I know. My faith and my family is first for me, but this is my livelihood. This is what I’ve poured my life into,” Boone reflected. “So very blessed to get to do it with these guys on this stage.

Aaron Boone has finally managed the New York Yankees into the World Series. Since taking over as the skipper in 2018, he led New York to the doorstep twice but could never manage to get past the ALCS until Saturday night,

NY beat the Cleveland Guardians 5-2 in Game 5 of the AL Championship Series. Juan Soto hit a three-run homer with two outs in the 10th inning and the New York Yankees advanced to their 41st World Series - and first in 15 years - by beating the Cleveland Guardians 5-2 in Game 5 of the AL Championship Series on Saturday night.