Aaron Boone gets suspended for spitting in umpire's face, a breakdown
What Happened
Aaron Boone, the manager of the New York Yankees, gets into a heated argument with home plate umpire Marty Foster during the team's game against the Tampa Bay Rays. In the bottom of the ninth inning, with the Yankees trailing by one run, Yankees pitcher Clark Schmidt is involved in a close call on the outside edge of the strike zone. Boone believes the umpire is inconsistently calling balls and strikes, and he goes out to the mound to discuss the issue with Foster. Boone points out that similar pitches from Schmidt and the opposing pitcher have been called differently, and he tries to provide constructive feedback to help the umpire improve his strike zone judgement. "I'm just trying to help, trying to help you," Boone tells Foster. "I see you looking at the iPad, I was yelling at you in the moment about these pitches." However, the umpire is not receptive to Boone's suggestions and ejects the manager from the game. Boone continues to argue passionately, saying, "You spin my face, I'm out." He acknowledges that he may have accidentally spit in the umpire's face during the heated exchange. "I don't have the answer for you, huh," Boone says as he exits the field. The incident results in Boone receiving a suspension from Major League Baseball. As Boone departs, he reflects on , saying, "Maybe the first time a manager gets ejected for trying to help the umpire, and maybe he's pondering that." The game continues with the Rays holding on to their one-run lead. The Yankees' loss is a tough one, as they try to keep pace in the competitive American League East division race. Boone's ejection and suspension will force the team to adjust, at least temporarily, without their fiery manager leading the way.
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DraftKings Clark Schmidt gets the strike
call on that one on the outside edge
goes back to the outside edge doesn't
get the call thinks it's very similar
pitch goes there again doesn't get it
again thinks it's very similar Boone's
like what's going on here's all the
pitches on that edge from this game now
the orange or strikes the Bluer balls so
it's been summer blue some are orange
the only problem all of Clarks are blue
all of the other pitchers are orange and
that's not fun they don't like that so
those two pitches were called different
ways and the one that was more inside
called the ball that's Clark Schmidt the
one that's more outside called a strike
that's the opposing pitcher so Boone
doesn't like that and he went and looked
at it and he's going to let the Umpire
know four stop I'm just trying to help
trying to help you just trying to help
you boom ejected wasn't interested in
getting any help so Boone runs out I
said you've got four strikes that you've
called balls four I see you looking I
see you looking at the iPad I was
yelling at you in the [ __ ] moment I
was yelling at you in the moment I'm
yelling at you in the moment it's been
in my face I was yelling at you in the
moment about these pitches you spin my
face I'm out Boone's like oh you can't
well oh Boone's mad he's fire okay I'm
fine I'm fine fine four called strikes
are balls
four
something something after those the same
pitch and it's two balls what
what I need him to get better
I need you to get better so Boone's
gonna go teach him how to get better I
just want you to know I don't care what
the iPad's saying don't tell me you
don't care what the iPad is saying you
said it
I like this look boom get boony come on
come on and she's like oh oh hi there
hello how are you no I'm talking to him
I told you it's not looking at the iPad
I'm yelling at you in real time and
something what you need to do is you're
going to look at and look over there and
you can see I appreciate that four balls
I appreciate it more strikes
get better it's terrible I want you to
care about it I want you to care about
it
okay you should care about it and he's
thinking I shouldn't have said the don't
care thing maybe he's got a point I I
should care about you know my strikes
and Boone realizes wait you shouldn't
have thrown me out for what I said
before that I didn't even say anything
and he's gonna say no way you should
have thrown me out for that no way he
should have thrown me out for that no
way I should have gotten thrown out I
didn't say anything no way I should have
gotten thrown out huh I just told him he
got a four that's horseshit
and you [ __ ] know it yeah so Boone
was mad I don't got the answer for you
huh and he's out and he got suspended
because he's spitting the umpire's face
which was an accident and I don't know I
mean obviously he goes off once he's
ejected but all he said was four balls
called strikes and he's I'm trying to
help you I'm trying to help you maybe
the first time a manager gets ejected
for trying to help the Umpire and maybe
he's pondering that maybe he's pondering
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also I did ask Boone if I got this one
part right here's what he said judging
from all the other conversation that you
have with him my guess is he said
something along the lines of I don't
care what the iPad says am I correct
foreign
out there he did yes all right good just
need a confirmation so I appreciate that
you didn't like that
you said I want you to care