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ST PETERSBURG, FLORIDA – JULY 08: Manager Aaron Boone #17 of the New York Yankees argues with home plate umpire Doug Eddings #88 after being ejected in the sixth inning of the game between the New York Yankees and the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on July 08, 2026 in St Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by Julio Aguilar\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
The New York Yankees<\/a> began a three-game weekend series against the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night.<\/p>\n In what had been a slow offensive game through the first six innings, Yankees manager Aaron Boone added some excitement to the matchup.<\/p>\n Boone Gets Ejected<\/p>\n In the top of the sixth inning, with the Yankees holding a 1-0 lead and Luis Garc\u00eda Jr. at the plate, Boone clearly disagreed with the umpire\u2019s strike call on the first pitch of the at-bat and started shouting from the dugout.<\/p>\n Audio caught the umpire responding to Boone, saying, \u201cWhat\u2019d you just say? What\u2019s you say? I didn\u2019t hear you?\u201d<\/p>\n Seconds later, the umpire tossed Boone from the game. The Yankees manager immediately ran onto the field, got face-to-face with the umpire and made his displeasure with the strike call known.<\/p>\n This marked Boone\u2019s 50th ejection since he became the Yankees manager back in 2017 and moved him to 25th all-time in ejections. The only active manager with more is Cincinnati Reds<\/a>\u2018 Terry Francona.<\/p>\n Check it out:<\/p>\n MLB Fans React on Social Media<\/p>\n MLB fans reacted to the ejection<\/a> on social media, with many of them actually siding with Boone.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat did Aaron Boone say? And what is that umpire\u2019s problem?\u201d a fan said.<\/p>\n Someone else added, \u201cHow is this on Boone?! I don\u2019t like Aaron Boone but that ejection is [explicit]. Ump instigated\/egged him on.\u201d<\/p>\n Another person wrote, \u201cBotched the call, taunted him, then threw him out. These umps are out of control.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI am pro union except for the Umpire\u2019s Union,\u201d a fan shared.<\/p>\n One more commented, \u201cThe umpire was wrong, he was looking to throw him out.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tCole Sullivan<\/a> Cole Sullivan is a sports journalist for Heavy.com covering the NFL, NBA, college football, and college basketball. A member of the United States Basketball Writers Association, he has written for FanSided, Athlon Sports, The Sporting News, and Newsweek. Sullivan earned an Associate degree from Franklin Pierce University and a Bachelor’s degree from Lynn University, where he studied Communications and Media Studies with a focus on Sports Journalism. More about Cole Sullivan<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty ST PETERSBURG, FLORIDA – JULY 08: Manager Aaron Boone #17 of the New York Yankees argues with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":856088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-856087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}