The person responsible for ejecting Aaron Boone from a Yankees game has been identified.
During Monday’s game against the Athletics at Yankee Stadium, Boone was ejected by home plate umpire Hunter Wendelstedt with just two batters left after a fan took issue with the call and the umpire mistook it for a complaint from the Yankees manager. became.
Immediately after the ouster, YES Network got to the bottom of the matter.
“So the fan in the blue shirt is the one who said something to Hunter Wendelstedt. And he reacted to that and he kicked out Aaron Boone. Boone said, ‘Hey!’ ” I didn’t say anything! ” explained play-by-play announcer Ryan Ruocco.
“and [Yankees bench coach] Brad Ausmus says, “I’m a fan!” I’m a fan! ” And as you can hear very clearly in our audio, Hunter Wendelstedt said, “I don’t care!”
The ejection occurred in the top of the first inning after Carlos Rodon pitched to Tyler Nevin.
Boone protested that he wasn’t the one who made the complaint that got on Wendelstedt’s nerves, but after the aforementioned “I don’t care” response, the Yankees captain decided to confront Wendelstedt. It jumped out.
Boone had previously expressed his displeasure with Wendelstedt’s ruling that he did not swing at the hit pitch that would have given the game’s leadoff batter Estury Ruiz a first base hit.
“What do you mean you don’t care? I didn’t say a word. That’s bullshit,” Boone grumbled.
This was Boone’s second ejection of the season, and Ausmus took over for the remaining matinee games.
The Yankees entered Monday’s game with a 15-7 record and a half-game lead over the Orioles for first place in the American League East.
