Report: Aaron Boone among candidates for Yankees manager

The New York Yankees' managerial vacancy is apparently drawing no shortage of suitors - apparently including one of the club's most famous playoff heroes.

Former Yankees third baseman Aaron Boone, who's currently an analyst with ESPN, is reportedly one of the candidates to become the club's next manager, sources told ESPN's Buster Olney on Thursday.

No interview has been scheduled for Boone at this time, according to Olney.

Boone, 44, has no managerial or coaching experience, having moved into television immediately after his playing career ended. But he comes from a highly regarded baseball family, as the third generation of Boones to have played in the major leagues. His father Bob, a former Gold Glove catcher, managed the Royals and Reds in the 1990s.

Most of Boone's 12-year career as a third baseman was spent with the Cincinnati Reds, but his most famous moment on the diamond came during his 54-game Yankees career in the second half of the 2003 season. Boone launched a pennant-clinching home run off Boston's Tim Wakefield in the 11th inning of the 2003 ALCS that gave the Yankees their 39th AL championship; his homer remains one of the most famous moments in recent Yankees history.

Besides Boone, there's at least one other reported candidate for the Yankees job who doesn't possess any experience as a manager or coach in former Yankees infielder Jerry Hairston Jr.

Rob Thomson, a 28-year employee of the Yankees who served as former skipper Joe Girardi's bench coach for the last three seasons, interviewed for the job with general manager Brian Cashman on Thursday, according to Newsday's Erik Boland.