Yankees' Aaron Boone ejected five pitches into game vs. Athletics - ESPN

NEW YORK — The New York Yankees and Oakland Athletics opened their four-game series with a rare Monday matinee at Yankee Stadium, and manager Aaron Boone was in the dugout for all of one batter during a 2-0 loss.

The Yankees manager was ejected five pitches into the game by home-plate umpire Hunter Wendelstedt in an unusual sequence caught on the television broadcast.

It began when Athletics leadoff hitter Esteury Ruiz was hit by a pitch on an 0-2 count; the pitch clearly plunked Ruiz on the foot, but the Yankees' dugout thought Ruiz swung at it. As a result, Boone communicated his disapproval — until Wendelstedt replied.

«You're not yelling at me,» Wendelstedt yelled at Boone, clear as day on the broadcast. «I did what I was supposed to do and checked. I'm looking for him to get hit by the pitch. You got anything else to say, you're gone.»

One pitch later, Boone was ejected.

Wendelstedt gave Boone the hook after hearing someone's objection from the direction of the Yankees' dugout. The YES television broadcast had its camera on Boone, who was looking away and not saying anything.

Boone sprinted out to protest to Wendelstedt, insisting that a fan behind the dugout — not him or another Yankee — spoke up.

«You're done!» Wendelstedt said. «I don't care who said it. You're gone!»

«What do you mean you don't care?» Boone screamed as he rushed out onto the field. «I did not say a word. It was up above our dugout. Bulls---! Bulls---! I didn't say anything. I did not say anything, Hunter. I did not say a f---ing thing.»

The broadcast then hushed the audio on the broadcast as Boone continued to argue, as his animated protest went for naught. Boone watched the remainder of the game on television while bench coach Brad Ausmus took