A frustrated Aaron Boone blamed the open roof for crucial Aaron Judge fly-out in Houston

An interesting rationalization from Boone to say the least.

It was a tough night for the New York Yankees and their World Series hopes. After a 3-2 road loss at the hands of the Houston Astros, the Yankees are now in a deep 2-0 hole in the American League Championship Series.

And it all almost changed on one key Aaron Judge at-bat in the eighth inning. With one man on base and New York trying to rally from that very same one-run deficit, Judge launched a nice shot to right field. It certainly looked like it had the distance … until it fell safely into the glove of Kyle Tucker. Threat over, and the Astros would leave the inning unscathed.

In the post-game, Yankees manager Aaron Boone asserted that Judge’s fly-out might have been a two-run homer if not for the open roof at the Astros’ home stadium.

Huh. Okay. Let’s hear him out!

Hmm, plausible at first glance, but probably not actually true. Also, the Astros were playing under the same conditions. (Note: The Yankees have struck out 30 times as a team in just two games.)

Per Statcast, that Judge fly-out would’ve been a homer in just one ballpark. Oh, yeah, you guessed it: Yankee Stadium.

Maybe Boone has a point about the open air and weather affecting the final trajectory of the ball. But in a pure distance sense? The Yankees were only getting that two-run Judge shot if they were playing at home.