Rice bests Boone's belief by slugging homers 40, 41 — SkimNews
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- Ben Rice hit home runs 40 and 41 in the Yankees' 9-2 victory over the Rays, tying for the AL home run lead.
- Yankees manager Aaron Boone predicted during spring training that Rice would finish the season with 39 home runs; Rice is now two ahead of that forecast.
Why it matters: Rice, a young Yankees slugger, has already cleared his own manager's preseason ceiling — and still has the rest of the season to extend his total atop the AL leaderboard, making him the Yankees' most unexpected power story of the year.
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