Yankees manager Aaron Boone may have been ready to get over the exit flap from Monday’s loss to the Athletics, but the YES Network broadcast took a few jabs during Tuesday’s telecast.
Boone was thrown by Hunter Wendelstedt from Monday’s game after the home plate umpire believed the comments from the fans actually came from the Yankees dugout.
The incident made headlines, and on Tuesday, YES Network showed home run hitter John Tampain yelling at Oakland’s Estery Lewis after the Athletics center fielder dissented from a called strike. Caught on microphone.
“Hey, I’m not going to talk about balls and strikes. I’ll be right there,” Tampane was heard saying into the microphone. “I’m with them. You know that.
Broadcasters Ryan Ruocco and John Flaherty enjoyed the moment.
“John Tampane — is that a Hunter Wendelstedt impression? There’s Hunter,” Ruocco said as the camera panned to Tampane. “He didn’t want to take responsibility for himself yesterday either. His post-match comments were interesting.”
The bit continued as Jesus’ camera panned to some fans behind the A’s dugout.
“Was it one of them or someone who was actually in the A’s dugout?” Ruocco added.
Wendelstedt denied the decision to throw Boone when speaking to pool reporters after the game, despite video evidence that apparently shows the Yankees captain said nothing to the umpires. It seemed to have become even stronger.
“Apparently what he said was that there were fans directly above the dugout. This is not my first ejection. Throughout my career, I have ejected players and managers for fan comments. That has never happened,” Wendelstedt said. “That’s what Aaron was drawing, so I understand that it’s going to be part of the story. I heard something from beyond the dugout. It had nothing to do with his area, but he was the Yankees.” So he was the one who had to go.”
Giants announcer Duane Kiper also made light of the situation during Tuesday night’s game against the Mets when home plate umpire Lance Barrett alerted the Mets dugout for comments made during Starling Marte’s at-bat in the fourth inning. .
“Lance Barrett is not happy with anyone in the Mets dugout,” Kiper said. “Let’s hope not.” fan That’s what’s screaming. ”
Mets playmaker Gary Cohen also took a jab at SNY: “Is that so?” [manager] Carlos [Mendoza] Or was it the fan sitting behind him? ”
When the topic came up Tuesday, Boone said he was ready to move on.
“I saw his comments after the game. I think everyone has seen the video of what happened,” Boone said. “You saw my comments, you saw his comments. We’re beyond that. Let’s move on. We have an important game tonight. That’s my focus, that’s what I’m going to do. We will proceed little by little.”
On Tuesday, the Yankees defeated the Athletics 4-3 at Yankee Stadium.
