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A chaotic segment unfolded astatine Yankee Stadium conscionable 5 pitches into nan game, arsenic location sheet umpire Hunter Wendelstedt tossed New York Yankees head Aaron Boone from nan game.
However, it appeared a instrumentality screaming toward Wendelstedt triggered nan seasoned umpire to eject Boone, who had words pinch him conscionable seconds earlier, from nan game.
After nan Oakland Athletics won, 2-0, complete nan Yankees, Boone said pinch reporters, during which he called Wendelstedt’s move "embarrassing." He besides implied that nan Yankees would beryllium contacting Major League Baseball astir it.
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Aaron Boone #17 of nan New York Yankees argues pinch location sheet umpire Hunter Wendelstedt #21 successful nan first inning during nan crippled against nan Oakland Athletics astatine Yankee Stadium connected April 22, 2024 successful New York City. (Mike Stobe/Getty Images)
The YES Network broadcast caught nan infinitesimal Boone was ejected, wherever nan head was pleading pinch Wendelstedt, pointing to a instrumentality down nan dugout and saying, "I didn’t opportunity a f---ing thing" aft he was warned not to speak.
But Wendelstedt said, "I don’t attraction who said it. You’re gone!"
UMPIRE ERRONEOUSLY EJECTS YANKEES' AARON BOONE AFTER FAN YELLS FROM STANDS
The broadcast ended up showing an alternate perspective of nan infinitesimal Boone was ejected, wherever a instrumentality was seen successful nan first statement conscionable down nan Yankees’ dugout screaming thing toward Wendelstedt, who reacted instantly aft proceeding it.
Aaron Boone #17 of nan New York Yankees argues pinch 3rd guidelines umpire Marvin Hudson #51 successful nan first inning during nan crippled against nan Oakland Athletics astatine Yankee Stadium connected April 22, 2024 successful New York City. (Mike Stobe/Getty Images)
After nan game, Wendelstedt told a excavation newsman he had not seen a replay of nan incident.
"Apparently what he said was location was a instrumentality correct supra nan dugout," Wendelstedt said, via MLB.com. "This isn’t my first ejection. In nan entirety of my career, I person ne'er ejected a subordinate aliases a head for thing a instrumentality has said. I understand that’s going to beryllium portion of a communicative aliases thing for illustration that because that’s what Aaron was portraying. I heard thing travel from nan acold extremity of nan dugout, had thing to do pinch his area, but he’s nan head of nan Yankees. So he’s nan 1 that had to go.
"Everything you said is precisely benignant of what was communicated connected nan field," Wendelstedt continued. "That’s what Aaron said. He said that ‘a instrumentality said it, a instrumentality said it.' I said, 'I don’t attraction who said it.' ... It’s foolish to propulsion retired a subordinate if you don’t cognize who did it."
Umpire Hunter Wendelstedt connected nan section during nan 2nd inning betwixt nan San Diego Padres and nan St. Louis Cardinals astatine Petco Park connected April 2, 2024 successful San Diego, California. (Brandon Sloter/Getty Images)
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While Boone watched nan crippled from nan clubhouse, nan Yankees’ discourtesy struggled mightily, scattering conscionable 3 hits.
The A’s yet sewage connected nan committee pinch a two-run homer by Zack Gelof successful nan apical of nan ninth inning disconnected Yankees reliever Victor Gonzalez.
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Scott Thompson is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital.
