Aaron Boone has ripped the ’embarrassing’ decision to eject him just one batter into Monday’s Yankees game in a case of mistaken identity, with umpire Hunter doubling down on his decision after the game.
After Boone voiced his displeasure over a strike call just seconds before – and was told he’d be ‘gone’ if he said anything else – he stood silently in the dugout but was ejected nonetheless when thought nearby fan abuse was coming from the Yankees manager.
And Boone was furious after the game, which the Yankees lost 2-0 to the A’s, telling reporters he planned to contact MLB over the incident.
‘I didn’t even go after Hunter,’ he began, as he went on to call the ejection ‘just not okay.’
‘I was more upset on the appeal. I said, ‘Hunter, you can call it too.’ He came back at me pretty hard. To which I didn’t respond. I just said, ‘okay.’ Went down. It’s embarrassing. It really is a bad … it’s embarrassing.
In response to a request for comment from Mail Sport, a spokesperson for MLB said that it is standard to review all ejections.
Television replays clearly showed that, immediately prior to his ejection, Boone didn’t say anything and the comment came from a fan sat directly above the Yankees dugout, wearing a blue sweater
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