The New York Yankees don’t lose very often, but if there’s one thing that gets the entire team frustrated, it’s bad umpiring. We saw that in Sunday’s game against the Red Sox.
With the Yankees down a run in the seventh inning and Giancarlo Stanton at the plate, the Yankees slugger was called out on strikes despite all three “strikes” missing the zone. As the inning came to close on the called third strike, Stanton stood there in disbelief. And that was when Yankees manager Aaron Boone got in on the action.
The ESPN broadcast showed Boone as he was shouting from the dugout, telling home plate umpire Tripp Gibson that he had just missed six calls.
Here are the 3 “strikes” to Giancarlo Stanton that led to Aaron Boone’s ejection.
— Ben Verlander (@BenVerlander) July 11, 2022
Aaron Boone got ejected and decided to give the umpires a mouthful. pic.twitter.com/dAMrUDynEO
— ESPN (@espn) July 11, 2022
Boone was almost immediately ejected for arguing balls and strikes, but as you can see, he had reason to be upset.
Umpire: Tripp Gibson
Final: Yankees 6, Red Sox 11#RepBX // #DirtyWater#NYYvsBOS // #BOSvsNYY pic.twitter.com/KZmJAEa4qm— Umpire Scorecards (@UmpScorecards) July 11, 2022
According to Umpire Scorecards, Gibson missed 15 calls on the night and posted an 82 percent called-strike accuracy. That’s not going to get it done, and no wonder MLB fans understood Boone’s outburst there.
