The Aaron Boone Show? Manager's rows with umps an 'art form' - ESPN

New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone has turned getting ejected by umpires into such a regular occurrence that his players — and even his family — debate their favorite signature moments, like he's a sitcom character.

«You see him out there yelling,» said Yankees captain Aaron Judge with a laugh. «He has passion. I love the gum throw. You've got him doing stuff with his hat.»

It's not just that Boone is getting tossed at an historic rate, earning him a recent one-game suspension from MLB after two ejections in a four-game span. It's not just that Boone has been tossed 30 times in his five-plus seasons as a manager. It's that Boone has been ejected enough times his players have begun breaking down his style — like Judge's favorite, <a href=«https://twitter.com/bronxtalks/status/1658302530206433280?ref_src=» https:>the gum tosses

, which recently got meme'd into a phony <a href=«https://twitter.com/PlayoffTanaka_/status/1658291286410141696?ref_src=» https:>Statcast treatment.

Aaron Boone's gum throw via statcast pic.twitter.com/rW4s7LBuel

«There's an art form to it,» said Yankees outfielder Harrison Bader on the gum toss. «He does it incredibly well. I respect it and I support it at all times.»

Boone has been ejected more times in his career than Dusty Baker, who has managed 20 more seasons. As it currently stands, Boone has the third-highest ejection rate in MLB history, behind only Paul Richards and Frankie Frisch and ahead of notorious grousers such as Earl Weaver, Bobby Cox and Ron Gardenhire. It's a feat made more impressive because Boone manages in the instant replay era, which has reduced potential friction between skippers and umps. Those within the Yankees' clubhouse — and even in the umpires' room — say his