Tag: Aaron Boone

Aaron Boone’s in-game interview reaction to Giancarlo Stanton’s Game 5 homer was priceless

BANG!

New York Yankees outfielder Giancarlo Stanton kept the homers coming during Game 5 of the 2024 World Series.

In the bottom of the third inning, Stanton slammed a homer run into the stands at Yankees Stadium to get his team up 5-0 over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

New York manager Aaron Boone was giving an in-game interview with Fox Sports when Stanton was at the plate, and he let out an excited “Bang!” right as the homer went on the board.

Boone channeled his best Mike Breen here, giving fans such a cool moment to see a manager react to such a huge swing right when it happens.

Why the heck did Aaron Boone bring in Nestor Cortes in extras before Freddie Freeman’s home run?

What a horrible call by the Yankees manager.

The question above is one New York Yankees fans are asking their manager and themselves after their team’s Game 1 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2024 World Series.

Nestor Cortes had a very up-and-down 2024 season, but more importantly, he hadn’t pitched since September 18 heading into Game 1. That’s over a month off between appearances, and while Cortes can be good when he’s on, bringing him in extra innings to face the top of the Dodgers’ lineup was a strange call by Boone.

Fans agreed, and of course Cortes gave up the game-winning grand slam to Freddie Freeman.

Here are thoughts from fans and Boone himself:

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Reds beat Yankees in a classic national anthem standoff on July 4th

Nothing could match Graham Ashcraft’s Fourth of July patriotism.

On the Fourth of July at Yankee Stadium, nothing was going to stop the game before the game.

After the national anthem was played Thursday afternoon, Yankees pitchers Cody Poteet and Ian Hamilton kept their place in front of one dugout, while Cincinnati Reds pitchers Cody Spiers and Graham Ashcraft stood in front of the other.

A literal standoff ensued, like a patriotic game of chicken.

Spiers peeled off after a few moments, but Ashcraft and the two Yankees stood their ground as Cincinnati’s outfielders jogged into place and as Jonathan India approached the mound.

And then, Yankees manager Aaron Boone told his guys to knock it off. Ashcraft won, and the Reds celebrated like they had hit a walk-off home run.

The Reds also went on to win the actual game, 8-4. And afterwards, folks online had some spicy takes about Boone and the Yankees, who have now lost three straight and are 2-8 in their last 10 games.

The Baltimore Orioles are 2.5 games ahead of New York in the AL East standings.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone got ejected after arguing a questionable call on Juan Soto

Aaron Boone must’ve felt it was worth being tossed to argue this questionable call on Juan Soto.

New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone got ejected during the first inning on Wednesday evening after arguing a questionable call on Yankees outfielder Juan Soto.

Similar to the bizarre end to last week’s Chicago White Sox game, the infield fly rule came into play when Soto got called out at second base for interfering with Los Angeles Angels infielder Zach Neto as the latter was trying to catch a fly ball.

Soto got stuck in an awkward spot while trying to get back to base and collided with Neto as the latter was trying to make the catch for the out. Neto missing the ball sealed the deal for the umpires, who ruled Soto out via interference to give Los Angeles a double play.

Whether or not Soto meant to interfere with the catch ultimately didn’t matter for the officials, which got Boone irate enough to argue the call to the point of an ejection.

As this is the second time we’ve seen the MLB infield fly rule applied to a shaky interference call within a week, you have to hope the league can clarify with the umpires what actually constitutes as meaningful interference on a fly ball catch and if accidental contact constitutes an out.

At least for Boone, it must’ve been worth getting tossed out of the game to argue that Soto didn’t mean to do anything wrong.

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NSFW video shows umpire Hunter Wendelstedt told Aaron Boone he was ‘probably right’ about fan yelling to get Yankees manager ejected

This video is quite revealing about what the ump and Aaron Boone said to each other.

It was one of the weirder ejections we’ve seen in baseball: New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone was warned by umpire Hunter Wendelstedt not to complain further about a call, and Boone complied.

But then Wendelstedt heard something from Boone’s direction — which turned out to be a Yankees fan yelling at the ump — and he ejected the manager.

Wendelstedt’s explanation later was pretty bad, but thanks to Jomboy — known for breaking down Boone ejection videos over the years — is on the case. There’s one piece of audio that’s fascinating, in which the umpire says that Boone “is probably right” that he didn’t say anything.

Here’s the video and WARNING: LOTS OF NSFW LANGUAGE AHEAD!

Fans roasted Aaron Boone for thinking that bunting should be a bigger part of the Yankees’ game

Imagine Aaron Judge bunting in 2024 …

Despite a wildly disappointing 2023 season, Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner made a somewhat surprising decision this week to bring back manager Aaron Boone. As if the news wasn’t concerning enough for Yankees fans, Steinbrenner’s comments about Boone’s new strategic approach didn’t help matters either.

Boone apparently wants to bunt more.

Now, the new rules have brought back stolen bases to the game in ways MLB hasn’t seen for decades, but the sacrifice bunt is quickly becoming a relic of baseball’s past. The universal DH means that non-Ohtani pitchers aren’t hitting, so managers don’t have to account for an automatic out in the lineup. The emphasis teams have on advanced metrics also goes against bunting, which is seen as giving away an out just to move over a runner.

The Yankees only had nine sacrifice bunts in 2023 — down from 14 in 2022. But Boone apparently thinks bunts are back!

The Arizona Diamondbacks’ surprise run to the World Series may have played a part in this belief from Boone. The D-backs had 14 more sacrifice bunts than any other playoff team in 2023, so in a way, they proved that small ball could be effective. But the D-backs don’t play in Yankee Stadium, and they don’t have this generation’s best home run hitter like the Yankees do.

Plus, the team with the best record in baseball — the Braves — ranked last in sacrifice bunts. The Rangers ranked 22nd. The D-backs were the anomaly when it comes to bunting.

Obviously, something has to change with the Yankees’ approach in 2024, but MLB fans roasted Boone for thinking that bunting could be the answer.

Hot mics pick up the NSFW stuff Aaron Boone yelled at ump after being ejected

Another Aaron Boone F-bomb filled ejection!

Aaron Boone yelling NSFW stuff at an umpire? Where have we seen this one before?

Oh, right. There was that time in August, and that video from 2022 and one from 2021 and … well, you get the idea.

This time, Jomboy didn’t need to be involved. It seemed like fewer fans in the stands at Yankee Stadium meant the mics were hotter when Boone was tossed on Wednesday night. You can hear Boone say, “He’s having a hell of a night,” before he adds, “I know you have the biggest zone in the league, you must [expletive] know it, too!”

I couldn’t hear the rest, but there’s another F-bomb in there (WARNING: NSFW LANGUAGE AHEAD!):

This one came a night after another umpire was heard asking if Boone said something and added, “I hope not!”

Video shows the NSFW stuff Aaron Boone appeared to scream at ump Laz Diaz

We have a Jomboy breakdown of this F-bomb filled argument.

We’ve seen this one before when it comes to Aaron Boone: He screams at an umpire, gets ejected, and then Jomboy breaks down all the NSFW stuff the New York Yankees manager said.

So, here you go: The other night, Boone argued with Laz Diaz over balls and strikes and imitated the umpire. The umpire scorecard showed Boone was right to challenge Diaz, but you can’t argue balls and strikes.

Jomboy did indeed break it down, and of course there’s so many F-bombs dropped. What was said? Some of it was picked up by hot mics, but Jomboy did the rest to potentially figure that out.

Here you go (and WARNING: LOTS OF NSFW STUFF AHEAD):

Umpire scorecard shows Aaron Boone’s theatrics over arguing balls and strikes was justified

He knew EXACTLY what he was talking about.

Amid their own internal turmoil, the Chicago White Sox pounded the New York Yankees to the tune of a 5-1 win Monday night. This didn’t sit well with New York manager Aaron Boone, who put on an all-time tantrum over arguing balls and strikes. For his theatrics, Boone got himself ejected by an umpire in the eighth inning.

And, after the fact, it looks like Boone may have had a point in his argument. That’s because the umpire scorecard for Laz Diaz — the ump for Yankees-White Sox — legitimately did have an accuracy problem on balls and strikes.

In all actuality, that might even be an understatement, as 17 of his called 50 strikes were actually true balls. Woof.

Diaz’s strike zone was all over the place. Boone wasn’t just seeing things or advocating for his team for the heck of it. Sometimes, a manager’s gripe — no matter how dramatic they are in defending it — is wholly legitimate.

Aaron Boone’s massive tantrum at Laz Diaz includes an pitch-perfect imitation of the ump

Aaron Boone was wild for imitating an ump.

Is there anything funnier than an Aaron Boone argument with an ump?

We’ve seen him throw his gum, we’ve seen him say some NSFW stuff, yeah it’s a wild ride.

This time? As his New York Yankees faced the Chicago White Sox, he saw a called strike three against Anthony Volpe that he didn’t like. So Boone came out of the dugout, got in home plate ump Laz Diaz’s face, said what sounded like some NSFW stuff … and then imitated Diaz.

Seriously! He got behind the plate, did Diaz’s iconic punchout and, as they say, got his money’s worth.

The video is amazing, but check out the photos below it. They’re also amazing:

Here are the photos: