Yankees great opens up on what went wrong: ‘It’s all about hit the 3-run homer’ | Klapisch

The former American League batting champion and current YES analyst avoids weighing in on manager Aaron Boone's job security but says the Rays delivered an important lesson by sending the Yankees home for the winter. "I loved the way the Rays played," O'Neill said in a telephone interview on Monday. "I love to see baseball played well. A lot of it is preparation and fundamentals that are not stressed anymore because it's all about hit the three-run homer.