Joe West Ejects Aaron Boone, a breakdown
What Happened
In the bottom of the ninth inning, New York Yankees star outfielder Giancarlo Stanton steps to the plate, looking to spark a rally with his team trailing by one run. Stanton takes a tough pitch that appears to be a strike, but the home plate umpire, veteran crew chief Joe West, calls it a ball. Yankees manager Aaron Boone expresses his frustration from the dugout, believing West has missed the call. The next pitch from the opposing pitcher is low and inside, but West rings up Stanton for another strike. Boone continues arguing from the dugout, clearly unhappy with West's strike zone. When West issues a warning to Boone, the heated manager erupts, storming out of the dugout to confront the umpire. "Fucking-a, let's go!" Boone shouts, his anger boiling over. West quickly ejects Boone from the game and the manager explodes, getting right in West's face. "What the hell, you probably can't even hear what I'm saying all the way out here!" Boone exclaims. The two continue to exchange words, with Boone referencing West's poor performance behind the plate in the previous day's game. "This is horseshit and you know it and yesterday that was horseshit too!" Boone yells. Yankees hitting coach Marcus Thames also gets thrown out for arguing with West, as the confrontation turns into a full-blown confrontation between the home team and the veteran umpire. West stands his ground, unwavering in his decision to eject both Boone and Thames. The altercation is a testament to the intense emotions and high stakes of the late-inning Yankees' comeback attempt. As Boone walks off the field, he takes a moment to salute the Nike logo on his uniform, a nod to the sportswear brand's sponsorship of West. The sequence underscores the ongoing tensions between managers, players and umpires, with West's strike zone and decision-making coming under heavy scrutiny from the Yankees' dugout.
Full Transcript
Click timestamps to jump to that momentStanton is back from injury trying to
get some reps in see some pitches find
his groove and that's a tough pitch I
think it's a strike but it's a hard one
to hit and you just hope the UMP doesn't
call it next one little lower and that
gets called a strike - this one's
brought to you by stuffed grass-fed
burgers and Montclair look at that one I
don't know if it clipped it as a really
really good pitch fucking-a let's go
that's what Boone says Stan lays off
that one like like that Stan next pitch
good job by Zeke he just keeps pepper in
that same spot because he's getting the
call and Stan's like dude I don't want
to swing at that cuz I don't think it's
a strike but you keep calling it a
strike that one was even low more inside
Boone's not happy in the dugout [ __ ]
kidding me
then will you [ __ ] look at him for
[ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] check yourself
let's go [ __ ] not happy about it's
the first inning there's some leftover
frustration Joe West starts noises I got
nothing to say to you
Joe Wesley well I got something to say
to you it's that you're out of this game
boom perfect for him
repping Nike wow great great get Nike
great get Boone's gonna run out be like
hey what the hell you probably can't
even hear what I'm saying all the way
out here oh well you were talking you
look like you were yelling at my guy and
he did good solutes throughout you care
too much so just get out of here and put
the [ __ ] are you talking about this
[ __ ] you can't throw me out and now
he's gonna get into him about yesterday
cuz yesterday Joe s was terrible behind
the plate in the ninth inning
this is horseshit and you know it and
yesterday that was horseshit - he called
that strike on Garden of those [ __ ]
show us like what are you talking I was
like you know what I'm talking about
this pitch this is what I'm talking
about pretty outside should be ball four
tying run on first just an egregious
call by Joe s now the but hitting coach
is yelling at the OP and he's like hey
knock it off I'm gonna throw you out -
everyone's getting thrown out
good job by Nike sponsoring Joe West go
to grass stuff grass-fed burgers in
Montclair New Jersey say John Boy get
free fries the [ __ ] fantastic burgers
they were voted best burgers in New
Jersey
I had them they're good talk some Yanks