Aaron Boone and DJ LeMahieu ejected over a controversial foul ball call, a breakdown

Jun 16, 2025 395.2K views 6:30

MLB Baltimore Orioles 2025

What Happened

In a tightly contested extra-inning matchup between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, the game is knotted at one run apiece. In the bottom of the inning, Yankees second baseman DJ LeMahieu steps up to the plate, hoping to deliver the game-winning hit for his team. LeMahieu rips a ball down the left field line, and the play quickly becomes the center of controversy. Yankees manager Aaron Boone and LeMahieu both believe the ball landed in fair territory, but the umpire rules it a foul ball. Boone immediately challenges the call, and the replay review ensues. The video footage shows the ball bouncing close to the foul line, making it a difficult call for the umpire. , the baseball analyst, breaks down the play frame by frame, examining the exact moment the ball makes contact. He notes that even if the ball doesn't physically touch the chalk line, if it is deemed to be hovering over the line, it should be ruled a fair ball. Despite 's analysis, the umpires ultimately uphold the original foul ball call, much to the dismay of Boone and the Yankees dugout. A visibly frustrated Boone charges out of the dugout, angrily expressing his disagreement with the decision. "Fucking no way," Boone exclaims. "How's that fucking shit stand? Bullshit." He then throws his chewing gum onto the field, earning himself an ejection from the game. LeMahieu, who was also ejected for his outburst, looks on in disbelief as the inning comes to an end. notes that it was a "really tough call to make for the ump" due to the limited camera angles and the difficulty of determining the exact moment of contact. As the game continues, the controversy and the missed call loom large, with both teams and the fans feeling the impact of the pivotal moment. The Yankees will need to regroup and find a way to overcome the disappointing outcome, as they look to secure the victory in this heated rivalry matchup.

Yankees and Red Sox tied at one in extra innings.

DJ LeMayu hits this one down the foul ball.

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and we've got some controversy.

Maybe, maybe you guys don't consider this controversy,

but we're going to get it on the phone.

Yeah, Brad's on the phone.

They say, yeah, challenge it.

Yeah, umpire's like, nah, nah.

I mean, look, here's where, okay, yep.

And that, okay, yeah, no, no, nah.

Oh, you are challenging it?

Okay, here we go.

So here it is.

Pitcher's thrown by the pitcher, hit by the batter,

down the line, down the line, fair foul.

On the line is fair, not on the line, over the line, foul.

Here's another angle.

Let's take a look.

Ooh, what was it?

DJ saw it, and he's celebrating, and then he's like, no, no, no.

You guys just saw it.

What do you think?

It was ruled a foul ball.

Here you go.

Watch again.

Here it is, slicing, slicing, peeling, bouncing, and up.

Let's slow it down.

Frame by frame.

Where does it hit?

Right there?

Is that the bounce?

Right there?

Is that the bounce?

One of those two, because now it's coming back up.

So let's go, you know, it's on its way down.

It's on its way down.

It's not hit there.

You can see space between the ball and the shadow.

Now, is it hit right there?

If it hits right there, that's a fair ball, and it should be easy overturned.

Okay.

If it hit right here, that is a little more difficult.

If it hit right here, maybe that frame still could be hit.

Let me back up.

Back up.

Let me do it again.

Hit right there.

No, it's up.

It's up at this point.

You can see the shadow.

So this frame or this frame is around when it hit.

Right there, that would be very easy to overturn.

Right here, it's a little difficult because it's grainy and all that, but pause the video.

A lot of people forget this.

It came up in a breakdown a while ago.

I'll go science on you guys.

Say this is the foul line right here, and this is the ball.

The ball can be completely off the chalk.

It can not be touching at all, but if it's deemed that it's hovering over, then it is a fair ball.

A lot of people forget that, AKA a lot of people don't even know that.

They think that the bottom needs to be on the chalk.

If it's just over it, if it's just hovering, you know, you're just draw a line and it hits like in paper football.

When you play against your buddy and you do this, this thing.

And it's just like, if I clip it at all, kind of like that in a way.

So anyway, knowing that info, is it enough to overturn?

Did it hit there or did it hit there either way?

And it's only one angle, so that's kind of hard, but this is going to be hard at overturn because he called it foul.

And then it comes up also interesting.

The next day, the next game started with a ball down the line from ref Snyder.

That.

Lands in a very similar spot.

It's called fair.

No one argues splashes up and look at that.

It comes down and majority of the ball is on the other side of the line.

Now, because it's a fresh game and that chalk is heavier, the chalk flies up.

So you see it, but it really, it very similar to where this one hit.

This is a shot of the splashdown kind of similar.

No one cared about that one.

Anyway, they come back from review.

Oh, Booney hates it.

Can't believe it.

Fucking no way.

How's that fucking shit stand?

Bullshit.

Uh, takes his gum, chucks it.

All right, boom.

Get out of here.

I'm going to throw gum on my field and now Boone is like, all right, well now I'll tell you how I really feel.

It's fucking bullshit.

The fuck does that stand?

Fucking bullshit.

How the fuck does that stand?

Huh?

How does that stand?

Chris?

I'm wondering, come on.

How?

Well, they couldn't see it.

They couldn't see it.

I guess.

How the hell does that call stand?

Then they take your guy's call.

Come on, Jeremy.

You're standing right there.

Fuck Jeremy.

The umpire is like, shrug.

I don't know what to tell you, dog.

Foul ball.

I called it right.

And they backed me up by saying it stands, not saying it's confirmed.

They didn't say it's confirmed.

They just said it stand bullshit.

Damn it.

Boone walks off.

The fans love it.

They're throwing them.

Get them out of here.

Bye.

Yankees fans.

Shell shocked.

You've got one thing to see.

Come on.

Oh, look at, oh, can't see Tom.

Payne's like, excuse me, sir.

Can you do that?

That was ruder than the gum throw.

Excuse me.

I can't.

Can I throw you out again?

Boone's like, no, I'm leaving.

Okay.

I feel like I should have thrown him out again for that.

That was ruder than anything else that happened.

The at bat continues.

DJ looking to get vengeance for the call.

Takes that one fouls.

That one back one, two, two and two, three and two scared of him.

Fowls.

That one fouls.

That one puts this one in play.

He's out.

It's going to end the inning.

He's going to run right past the amp and he's going to say horrible.

That's horrible.

Um, says, what'd you say?

You can't say that to me.

You boom.

You're out of here, huh?

You're horrible.

And DJ is like, all right.

First career ejection for DJ.

LMA.

You didn't swear.

Didn't say the magic word.

You really tough call to make for the ump.

Cause his body is spinning and then not a lot of good replay angles.

You're zoomed into the grainiest amount.

So I understand the difficulty.

Ultimately I'm a Yankees fan.

So I want the call to go their way.

Oh, shut up with your bias loser.

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