Boone disagrees with the Ump and gets ejected, a breakdown
What Happened
In a tense matchup between the New York Yankees and the Oakland Athletics, the game comes down to the bottom of the 9th inning. The Yankees have taken the lead late, and Aroldis Chapman (the "Cuban Missile") is on the mound trying to lock down the save for his team. Chapman starts off strong, blowing a 98 mph fastball past the batter for a strikeout. He follows it up with a tight slider and then unveils his new splitter pitch, which darts down dramatically and freezes the hitter for another K. The next batter steps up and Chapman gets ahead in the count 1-2, but the home plate umpire Sean Barber calls a borderline pitch a ball, much to the dismay of Yankees catcher Gary Sánchez. Manager Aaron Boone (full name Aaron Michael Boone) immediately charges out of the dugout to argue the call with Barber. "Hey, where was that pitch?" Boone demands. "Down," Barber replies. "No, that's horse s**t, that was down! Get your head out of your a**!" Boone exclaims. The irate manager continues unleashing a profanity-laced tirade, leaving Barber no choice but to eject him from the game. As Boone departs, the crowd erupts in cheers, clearly siding with their manager's passion and displeasure over the questionable umpiring. Boone even takes the time to dramatically toss his gum onto the field before heading to the locker room. The very next pitch from Chapman is eerily similar to the one that drew Boone's ire, but this time it's called a strike against the Athletics' hitter. This further fuels Boone's frustration, as he feels the umpire's zone has been inconsistent all game. Nonetheless, Chapman bears down and strikes out the final batter, preserving the Yankees' slim lead. As he stares down the A's dugout, the intensity of the moment is palpable. It's a classic clash between a fiery manager defending his team and an umpire trying to maintain control of the game - a microcosm of the high-stakes drama that makes baseball such a captivating sport.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentyankees were playing the a's over the
weekend they came back
took the lead late trying to lock down
the save in the ninth inning chapman
on the bump fastball high he's showing
off his new glove or aldous chapman
number 54.
on the other side it says the missile
because that's his fastball the cuban
missile and there it is
98 right where he wanted it to be he's
going to show him the slider next
nice tight slider for a strike now he's
going to show him the new pitch the
splitter
it's a swing and miss pitch it's dirty
i don't even get it look at the fingers
they're just wrapped around the ball
it kind of comes out like a knuckle ball
for a little and then just darts
downwards this one had some left to
right movement glove side run usually
just goes straight down
look at that so he shows him all three
pitches
in the first batter and gets the k
good things are happening next up first
pitch
slider misses ball next pitch fastball
right down the middle
fouled back the one and one down
slider the two in one slider for a
strike oh no
canna says yeah okay i saw it the whole
way it was a ball they thought it was in
here so 3-1
they're gonna go fastball and they don't
get the call and gary's like come on
where was that
and boone says hey
hey where's that pit sean and sean says
down he says hey i gotta ask this
where's that pitch
he says down he says [ __ ] [ __ ]
not
close let's [ __ ] go
[ __ ] down that's horse [ __ ] get your
head out of your [ __ ] ass
it's [ __ ] low but [ __ ] it's down
i'm psyched down [ __ ] let's go um
says okay enough
get out of here you're ejected i don't
want you around he says [ __ ] [ __ ]
that's down
no [ __ ] chance that's [ __ ] down
no [ __ ] chance you're telling me that
pitcher was down what
it was down i gotta tell you i was not
[ __ ] down
you gotta pick it up you gotta pick it
up
that's what aaron boone does just
nothing but facts
crowds all amped up this dude's wearing
a beautiful
shirt in the front row let brett bang
wonder who made that one
and booney's gonna toss the gum on the
field enough
i've had it now this is the pitch in the
a
thinning same exact pitch got called a
strike on clinton fraser
same spot gets called a bald there
actually if you overlay it
they're you know chapman's is more
inside
than the other one so i think that leads
to boone being frustrated it's like that
pitch
literally just got called a strike on us
and now you're calling it a ball and all
game that pitch got called a strike on
the yankees
strike there strike there but it got
called a ball
on the ace when they were batting so i
think that
leads to boone's frustration that's fair
anyway
chapman got it done they let up one run
but 103 down the middle to strike him
out and a stare to scare
everyone