Aaron Boone relives injury that led to Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez blockbuster

It remains remarkable — 16 years later — that a game of pickup basketball drastically altered the history of baseball’s most prominent franchise.

If Aaron Boone and his wife had plans that Friday night in Jan. 2004, the hero of the 2003 ALCS would have returned to the Yankees on a $5.75 million deal for the upcoming season with the ACL in his left knee still intact. If the third baseman had already done his cardio that day, Alex Rodriguez wouldn’t have joined the Yankees.


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