Aaron Boone Gets Ejected After One Batter Because A Yankees Fan Yelled At The Umpire

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Full disclosure: I want calls in baseball to be right. If that means an automated strike zone, I think I am for that. Although, I'm admittedly a little torn. The human element is important to the game. Take what happened on Monday afternoon when New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone was ejected by home plate umpire Hunter Wendelstedt.

To set the scene, the Yankees welcomed the Oakland A's to Yankee Stadium for an afternoon tilt on Monday. The game kicked off a four-game series in the Bronx that runs through Thursday. 

The very first batter of the game, A's leadoff man Esteury Ruiz, was hit by a pitch from Yankees starter Carlos Rodón. It was the fourth pitch of the at-bat after Rodón had gotten ahead 0-2. 

However, Ruiz checked his swing on the pitch. The Yankees asked for an appeal and first-base umpire John Tumpane ruled that Ruiz didn't swing. Thus, he was awarded first base. 

Yankees manager Aaron Boone didn't seem to like the call from Tumpane, so he yelled from the dugout. At a certain point, Wendelstedt yelled back at Boone and told him if he "had anything else to say", then he would be "gone." 

Home plate umpire Hunter Wendelstedt ejected New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone just one batter into a game against the Oakland Athletics.

Home plate umpire Hunter Wendelstedt ejected New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone just one batter into a game against the Oakland Athletics.

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The YES Network cameras stayed on Boone, who clearly didn't say another word. Seemingly out of nowhere, Wendelstedt screams, "Aaron, you're gone!" 

At that point, Boone loses it. He definitely didn't say anything after the warning. In fact, Boone started pointing at the crowd, seemingly indicating that it was a fan behind the dugout who said something to the umpire. 

"I don't care," Wendelstedt responds. 

"What do you mean you don't care?! I did not say a word! Bullsh*t!" Boone argued as he approached the home plate umpire.

The whole sequence is quite incredible. 

You just can't replicate this incredible theater with robot umpires. I might be back on Team "Let The Humans Screw Up Because It's Funnier."

Life comes at you fast. 

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Dan began his sports media career at ESPN, where he survived for nearly a decade. Once the Stockholm Syndrome cleared, he made his way to OutKick. He is secure enough in his masculinity to admit he is a cat-enthusiast with three cats, one of which is named "Brady" because his wife wishes she were married to Tom instead of him.