Home plate umpire Hunter Wendelstedt ejected New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone in Monday’s home game against the Oakland Athletics at Yankee Stadium, but this was no ordinary ejection. The New York Yankees opened a four-game series against the Oakland Athletics in an early afternoon contest, the last series of a seven-game homestand before they …
It’s been a rough start to the year for Major League Baseball umpires, and it didn’t get any better Monday afternoon. What should’ve been a run-of-the-mill Monday matinée in the Bronx between the New York Yankees and Oakland Athletics turned into an ump show very quickly. Just two batters into the game, Yankees manager Aaron […]
Boone was livid at the call and remonstrated wildly with the umpire, who refused to change his mind. Television replays clearly showed Boone didn't say anything.