Tag: Aaron Boone

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:

Victor Wembanyama totally freaked out Aaron Boone by launching a baseball into the stands

Aaron Boone’s reaction to Victor Wembanyama’s throw into the stands is absolutely priceless. 

Future 2023 NBA Draft top pick Victor Wembanyama is taking New York by storm, and he got quite a rise out of Yankees manager Aaron Boone during his visit to Yankee Stadium.

Wembanyama threw out the first pitch at Tuesday night’s Yankees game against the Seattle Mariners, but it was a throw the future San Antonio Spur made into the stands that caught Boone off-guard.

The basketball phenom stands taller than seven feet, and he launched a baseball into a host of Yankees fans in the stands. It was quite a rocket of a throw, and Boone was stunned to see Wembanyama launch one that far.

Boone’s reaction to Wembanyama’s throw is absolutely priceless; the poor guy looked petrified.

While Wembanyama might not have a future as a baseball pitcher, he’s going to more than likely take the NBA by storm in San Antonio this fall.

Boone won’t have to coach against Wembanyama anytime soon, but he’s not likely to forget this throw into the stands anytime soon.

Aaron Boone furiously hurling his gum after an ejection led to so many jokes

This gum was thrown HARD.

Ah, Aaron Boone getting ejected. It’s become quite the tradition to sit back and enjoy watching the New York Yankees manager get really angry at an umpire or say some NSFW stuff.

This time? In what ended up being a Yankees win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night — it included Aaron Judge’s side-eye weirdness — Boone argued balls and strikes with home plate ump Clint Vondrak. After getting tossed, he then tossed his gum in anger.

Everyone was impressed with the velocity of his throw — remember, he’s a former MLB infielder! — and there were lots of jokes made about it after:

A furious Aaron Boone was ejected after umpires appeared to reverse a call without Guardians challenge

Aaron Boone was right to be angry.

The goal of every MLB umpire should be to get the call correct, but there’s a right way to go about it. That’s not what happened during the first inning of Wednesday’s Yankees-Guardians game in Cleveland.

With one out and runners on second and third, Josh Naylor hit a soft fly ball to shallow center field. A charging Aaron Hicks dove and appeared to make the catch before getting to his feet and throwing to second for an inning-ending double play.

In real time, it was unclear if Hicks actually caught the ball. But that should have been the end of it because Terry Francona didn’t ask for a challenge within the MLB-mandated time limit of 15 seconds.

However, the umpiring crew would have other ideas, and Yankees manager Aaron Boone had every right to be upset.

Between innings, the umpires noticed a replay on the videoboard that showed Hicks trapping the ball. So, the crew convened, Larry Vanover put on the headset and overturned the call, giving Naylor a single and the Guardians a run on the play. Again, the Guardians didn’t ask for a challenge in time, and umpires aren’t supposed to use in-stadium replays to change calls or initiate reviews. Those decisions have to be made from the replay center, but no replay was asked for in time.

So while the umpires did technically make the correct call here, they went about it the totally wrong way that appeared to break MLB’s own rules. Boone was furious about that and was ejected while arguing the point.

Vanover’s crew is going to have plenty of questions to answer after that. The whole sequence really shouldn’t have been allowed to happen.

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.