The Blue Jays and Yankees had another battle in the Bronx on Sunday that got a little heated and led to the benches partly clearing before the two guys involved – Blue Jays pitcher Alek Manoah and Yankees star Aaron Judge – calmed things down.
Manoah hit Judge with a sinker in the fifth inning. Judge had some words for Manoah, which prompted Yankees ace Gerrit Cole to come out of the dugout and have words for Manoah as well.
Nothing crazy happened after that but it was a little weird to see Cole come firing out of the dugout and being so angry at Manoah.
After the game Manoah said he’d have no problem settling things with Cole if the Yankees pitcher wanted to escalate the situation:
“If Gerrit wants to do something he can walk past the Audi sign next time”
Alek Manoah said that like he meant it pic.twitter.com/MTBdCra3sL
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) August 21, 2022
The Audi signs are locate between the dugouts and the first and third base paths:
Twitter had reactions:
Gerrit Cole would get smoked in that fight https://t.co/d2xKWbbjc6
— James Thomas (@Jthomas694) August 22, 2022
Gerrit Cole continues to be one of the biggest cry babies in the sport 🤣🤣🤣 https://t.co/zO79nqQPpe
— Colton Swanson (@ColtonSwanson) August 22, 2022
Even Alek knew Gerrit wasn’t gonna do anything https://t.co/t5u3I7k8f6
— Chase (@ChaseFazzino) August 22, 2022
Honestly didn’t know who he was until the all star game. Been one of my favorite players since then and now even more. https://t.co/QFescQTOiR
— Rey (@SanchoDiMaria) August 22, 2022
Cole had a Karen moment https://t.co/jrFdvVCSg4
— Gabriel Doctor (@GabeDoc7) August 22, 2022
Cole is such a fake tough guy, dude would get destroyed by Manoah https://t.co/CNt5cCHC3H
— ²¹ (@BoltUpDerwin) August 22, 2022
Cole reminds me of that guy that would only chirp you if all of his friends were there. https://t.co/VrHDwVMbUp
— Let’s Talk Hockey (@LetsTalkHockey9) August 22, 2022
Would love to see Cole this fired up coming off the mound of a dominant playoff game…. https://t.co/z43YPSJC53
— Tyriq D. Butler (@TyDButler) August 21, 2022
Judge: What was that?
Manoah: That’s my bad, man.
Judge: Okay, bet.
Cole: YEAH IT BETTER BE YOUR BAD. YOU BETTER NOT DO THAT AGAIN OR I’LL BE SEEING YOU IN THE PARKING LOT. 🤬Gerrit Cole is such a weird dude. 😂#RepBX #DirtyWater #MLB https://t.co/ZuqXFDNFY9
— Craig Teed (@craig_teed) August 21, 2022
