Aaron Boone tells the ump his call is bull___ and gets ejected, a breakdown
What Happened
Aaron Boone, the manager of the New York Yankees, is outraged after home plate umpire John Tumpane makes a controversial call against Yankees outfielder Alex Verdugo. In the bottom of the seventh inning, with the Yankees trailing 3-0, Verdugo steps up to the plate as the leadoff batter. Tumpane calls the first pitch a strike, but Verdugo disagrees, believing it was low and outside. The next pitch is also called a strike, leaving Verdugo down 0-2 in the count. Verdugo takes the third pitch, which appears to be well outside the strike zone, but Tumpane shockingly calls it a strike, resulting in Verdugo being called out on strikes. Boone immediately rushes out of the dugout, yelling at Tumpane and defending his player. "It's low, yeah, it's f***ing low, John," Boone shouts. "It's low, f***ing low." Tumpane, clearly agitated by Boone's outburst, ejects the Yankees manager from the game. As Boone continues to argue, he tells Tumpane, "You got one f***ing left, John. You got one f***ing left." It's unclear what Boone means by this, but he appears to be warning the umpire that he's nearing the end of his patience. Boone then turns to the dugout and tells his team, "We're coming back in this game. We're coming back in this game, and I need you to be really sharp right now. Let's go, tell him, Booney." This rallying cry from the manager shows his unwavering belief in his team's ability to mount a comeback, despite the difficult situation. As Boone is ejected from the game, he sarcastically says, "Well, I've done it again," in a reference to the classic film "Hoosiers." This quip highlights Boone's frustration with the umpire's decision and his own tendency to get ejected from games when he disagrees with the officials. The controversial call and Boone's heated reaction underscore the high stakes and intensity of the Yankees' battle against their division rivals. Despite the setback, Boone remains confident in his team's ability to overcome the deficit and secure a victory.
Full Transcript
Click timestamps to jump to that momentalex verdugo steps to the plate for the yankees this breakdown is brought to you by
seat geek thank you to them that strike one on a slider verdugo accepts the call doesn't love it
but accepts it it's in there okay that's the edge i'll memorize that back to back sliders didn't see
that coming oh and two now surely he's not going to get another one he does he says he struck out
he says wait what how on the pitch on the pitch are you kidding me what on the pitch boone says
hey hey what's going on what'd you call on the swing
so yeah he called him out on the pitch and everyone thought it was on the swing even the
catcher for the marlins doesn't clock that as a ball so he
asked to check the swing like did he go which usually means the catcher doesn't think it's
a strike or he's just being safe he definitely didn't doesn't look like he swung so that's why
they were a little shocked and they said no it's on the pitch and then it was even more shocking
because that pitch was outside by every program that tracks pitches they all said that one's
outside umpire said no it's good so they were shocked verdugo comes back up in the seventh
inning the yankees are down he's the leadoff batter strike one was in there oh and one now
the pitch and that is a ball
you
low need to get runners on need to mount to come back down three in the seventh the one one pitch
and that's low outside no neither strike and verdugo's mad and boone is now gonna back up his
guy hey it's low yeah it's fucking low john it's low dot m it's low fucking let's try it again
tighten it up umpire doesn't like any of this he says you're out of here
boom stares at him fucking bullshit boone now gets to come out and have a real conversation he says
the last one you called on the bat he said it was called strike right his last time up you know you
missed that one bad okay and now you're fucking him again on the low pitch bullshit john
bullshit john shit you got what now i don't know what he says here i need your guys help
maybe i'll ask booney he says shit you got one fucking left john you got one fucking left or
light you got one fucking light that's what it looks like to me it looks like points at the
scoreboard or something got one fucking light but i don't know what it is so if you know let me know
or i'll ask boone when we interview him this week i'm talking yanks he says we're coming
back in this game we're coming back in this game and i need you to be really sharp right now let's
go tell him booney need him to be sharp but then he's gonna walk off umpire's gonna get set the
game's gonna continue boone's gotta leave grabs his notepad he says well i've done it again
it's up to you now brad awesome says is that hoosiers i've done it again
scared out of his mind but gonna get the job done no the yankees lost this game but this was
the call on the pitch if you're interested low outside i don't know which one you want
verdugo didn't like either he says fucking so fucking bad bro and this one was brought to you
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