For the 40th time in his management career, the New York Yankees manager, Aaron Boone, was expelled, and the reasoning came after Aaron Judge seemed to be stolen from a homer by the referees in George M. Steinbrenner Field on Sunday afternoon.
The local replacement field of the rays of Tampa Bay, which usually serves as the Yankees spring training installation, was part of the problem when the judge took a ball at 111.7 mph from his bat to the left field at the top of the eighth entrance. It was not if he would leave the park; Would the ball remain fair?
The referees called the ball failure, including the arbiter of the Adam Beck dish and the third base coach Scott Barry, but went to a repeat review convened by the crew instead of the Yankees.
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The New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone, discusses with referee Scott Berry (87) (not in the photo) against the Rays of Tampa Bay in the eighth entry in George M. Steinbrenner Field. (Images of Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn)
After the video review, it seemed that the ball was fair when it landed in a tree behind the stadium in the left garden. But when the referees returned with their response, the call in the field was a dirty ball.
The Yankees bench could not believe it, and things worsened when Boone did not agree with the next release, a sliding control that Beck believed caught the Strike area to hit Judge.
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Boone left the bench and downloaded in Beck, but also took the time to shout at Barry. He walked along the third baseline to address the call they both made regarding Judge’s evil.
The New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone, argues with referee Scott Berry against the Rays of Tampa Bay in the eighth entry in George M. Steinbrenner Field. (Images of Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn)
“The audacity of the call position is remarkable,” said Boone, according to CBS Sports. “However, it is a homer, it was not our way.”
Judge added: “I think everyone is scratching their heads, but nothing we can do about it. They lost it and we just have to move on.”
Fortunately for the Yankees, it did not hurt at the end. Thanks to a brilliant performance by Max Fried on the mound, the Rays were held with only two hits, while their teammates crushed nine in the 4-0 victory to complete the series. New York won three out of four games, with its only defeat in a rescue situation for Devin Williams on Saturday night in Tampa Bay.
The Judge of Aaron de los Yankees of New York observes after hitting the Rays of Tampa Bay in the eighth entry in George M. Steinbrenner Field. (Images of Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn)
If Judge of Judge had declared himself fair, he would have been tied with Mike Trout by Los Angeles Angels and Cal Raleigh of Seattle Mariners for the second more in MLB with eight in the year. Tyler Sodetrom of Oakland Athletics leads MLB with nine so far.
