r/baseball • u/Jbaquero New York Yankees • 11d ago
Aaron Boone is thrown out in the 1st inning by umpire Hunter Wendelstedt for saying something after replay shows Boone said literally nothing
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u/FireblastU 9d ago
People are so sensitive these days, guys getting tossed out because the ump thought you were whispering under your breath.
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u/Cowclops 9d ago
The most concerning thing about all this isn’t that Boone got ejected, it’s one game, there are plenty more to go. It’s the “reality is what I say it is” attitude of umps. Never mind angel hernandez’s bad calls, since you can’t be fired for poor call quality.
There doesn’t even need to be an apology. Just an admission that sometimes calls are wrong and sometimes they affect the game but throwing out a coach for the actions of somebody in the stands shouldn’t be part of the game.
Accept reality then move on. Nobody had their feelings hurt but the umps attitude was basically “I don’t care, you’re gone.” No full house style hugs. Just a “whooops, guess it wasn’t Boone yelling” and that’s it.
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u/spinmove 9d ago
As a casual fan surely you have to fire this umpire right? If you make a call that blatantly wrong and can't see it how can your judgment be trusted for anything?
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u/g_scotty_brahms 10d ago
Have they interviewed the fan? Was the fan trying to get Boone kicked out by imitating Boone’s voice.
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u/cashrchek 10d ago
Not a Boone fan at all, but this was fucking ridiculous and the ump should be disciplined. You can't pretend to be neutral when you're ejecting a guy for something he demonstrably did not do and then say you don't even care.
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u/Edhawk363 10d ago
Umpires have helped the sport get worse bc they don’t do anything but ruin the game coming up with bs to kick people out and the new rules don’t help either
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u/fied1219 10d ago
Maybe if he wasn't Karen Boone he would have got the benefit of the doubt. But the dude bitches and whines so much ain't no ump gonna believe him.
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u/chiasmatic Brooklyn Dodgers 10d ago
The problem I have is the ump doesn’t even pretend to say that he’s throwing Boone out because he thought it was Boone saying that shit, but the fact that he says I don’t care goes to degrade the integrity umps need to have
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u/rogerworkman623 10d ago
Why are MLB umpires completely incapable of admitting they made a mistake? Especially in a situation like this. It wouldn't even be embarrassing, it would be funny. "Oh ha, I thought that was you yelling! My bad". Are all of their egos really that fragile?
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u/Happily-neverafter 10d ago
So it turns out the ump either wants to be the new Joe West or he’s doing an Angel Hernandez impersonation 🤭
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u/shashlik_king Boston Red Sox 10d ago
To be fair I’d also tell Boone to shut the fuck up when he isn’t talking
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u/BGBeeeeeeg 10d ago
Hey, Hunter. Did anyone ever tell you you look like a penis with that little hat on?
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u/Knotashock 10d ago
For fs... Are we playing baseball or having a dissertation on free speech. Hunter needs a new job as a TSA agent or CIA wire tap operator. Seriously are we starting a side game called how fast can we eject Boone, dayum!
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u/Raineman73 Toronto Blue Jays 10d ago
Angel Hernandez watching this: "Gotta pump those numbers up. Those are rookie numbers in this racket."
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u/scroungearounge 10d ago
Give credit to the MLB supporting inclusivity by hiring a blind and deaf ump.
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u/bikebrooklynn 10d ago
Umps are payed not to make mistake like cops. Anyone who has so much power over others doesn’t get to make mistakes. We demand the best or get out.
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u/Boredsoireddit1 10d ago
Just replace the umps with computers already. But like big ass robot computers.
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u/ceric2099 10d ago
I don’t know anything about baseball but the umpire pisses me off.
Does he get in trouble, penalized, suspended, or reduced hours for being a moron?
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u/yankeedjw New York Yankees 10d ago
Baseball umps have a very strong union and very rarely have any consequences for bad performances.
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u/BadTiger85 Detroit Tigers 10d ago
This is a wake up call for the MLB. You need to start punishing umpires for their unchecked egos
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u/Angeleno88 Los Angeles Dodgers 10d ago
Umps like that are why I look forward to automating their jobs out of existence.
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u/Imperfectpuzzlepiece 10d ago
What is going on with umpires they are way out of control with insanely bad calls and look I’m the center of attention antics
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u/Deep-Management-7040 10d ago
Fucking umpires, they wield too much power. They should have Judge Dreads of baseball that are at each game and can override the umpires
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u/WhatsUpSteve New York Yankees 10d ago
I feel like umps are just collectively gaslighting Aaron Boone.
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u/bwood3217 10d ago
i really wish they could get rid of umpires ability to throw anybody out of any game at any time for any reason.
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u/ColtsNetsSharks Milwaukee Brewers 10d ago
Aaron Boone is literally the only manager this could happen to lol
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u/Reasonable-Ad-5217 10d ago
Baseball umpires are the real snowflakes. Nobody is as fragile as a baseball ump.
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u/TitoForever 10d ago
What prevented him to go back to his seat and tell the umpire to stop the game if he's so sure? I would just have said to force me out of the stadium if he wanted me to leave.
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u/buy-american-you-fuk 10d ago
fuking AI the balls and strikes already, and we can get rid of these friggin ego maniacs once and for all... who needs some chump throwing a game when we already have the tech to make things fair
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u/skeeredstiff 10d ago
Yikes, the dude looks like a bomb going off. From 0 to 250 in one nanosecond.
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u/celtbygod 10d ago
It wasn't what he said, it was the way he didn't say it and the words he didn't say it with.
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u/TransparentQuestion 10d ago
Why do umpires hide behind the name umpire? Shouldn't the bad ones be called out?
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u/ArousedLobster 10d ago
I hope someone breaks hunters legs while he's out enjoying a day with his family
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u/TipFine3928 10d ago
See what’s happening is that official is being bribed. Stupidity can explain some of what’s happening in sports. But this is malice.
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u/Big_lt 10d ago
I really hope both the MLB and Umpire Union respond and call this crap out. It'll never happen but I can wish.
Honestly if the ump said, after the fact, that "I heard a voice in the general direction of Boone and I tossed him for that. After the replay I was wrong and I will do better in the future" this entire thing would be done
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u/Old-Buffalo-5151 10d ago
Brit here
Im assuming the umpire gets fired for this because basically this is one step away from match fixing?
Unless im missing important context because i don't follow baseball?
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u/systemnate Texas Rangers 10d ago
That's some bullshit. There really needs to be recourse for shitty umpire behavior.
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u/North_Apricot_4440 10d ago
The umpire can’t even add up that it’s the first inning. Boone isn’t even paying attention yet.
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u/SysError404 10d ago
I dont know how this hit my front page. But it's officiating like this, from little league to the majors, that doesn't allow me to take baseball seriously. With the available technology, there is no reason for umpires to exist anymore.
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u/niruboowanga Tampa Bay Rays 10d ago
Best thing that ever happened to poor Boonesie. Buh-byeeeeeeeeee
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u/izzyeviel Oakland Athletics 10d ago
This is the funniest thing that’ll happen in sports this year.
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u/Due-Style302 10d ago
What you guys didn’t know Aaron is a ventriloquist? He going on the road with Jeff Dunham after he retires from coaching.
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u/Familiar-Manner9759 10d ago
Boone did not say anything and still got ejected this is on the umpire ridiculous call.
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u/Adamweeesssttt 10d ago
MLB is so screwed. Their hope for the future is Ohtani and now that is tarnished.
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u/UsefulAd175 10d ago
I may be crazy, but maybe try the calm approach before going full irate, ticked-off ranting dude. After watching a few decades of sports, I can’t recall one time the latter approach changed anything.
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u/Warcraft_Fan 10d ago
Any chance the umpire is the same person who referee'd Detroit Lion's loss last fall?
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u/Medarco 10d ago
I have to credit these coaches and players. They show tremendous restraint when this kind of stuff happens. Significant decision like that just moments into the game? Unbelievable.
Violence is never the answer, but boy if it wouldn't be satisfying to watch a bullshit ref get clocked by someone that had enough.
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u/FuckFashMods 10d ago
I think the guy in the crowd in the 2nd row rats out the guy in the first row lol
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u/Nice-You-9159 10d ago
Hunter W. is an MLB Umpire only because of his father. Speaking as a professional umpire - he thinks that he is bigger than the game.
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u/Salt_Advertisment 10d ago
Not really a baseball fan, what's the actual recourse after something like this? Can he demand that the UMP not be allowed to officiate any of his games anymore? Can he tell the UMP that he's not going anywhere because he didn't do anything wrong?
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u/DadSoRad 10d ago
Baseball is such a silly sport. Why do they not use instant replay for everything? Why is so much power give to some fat fuck standing behind the plate. Shit is culty, not sporty.
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u/ashiamate 10d ago
when are umps/refs across all major league sports going to get a reckoning? like where are the consequences?
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u/Richandler 10d ago
Alright, his next objective should be to get thrown out while still in the clubhouse.
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u/mn3005 10d ago
Here’s his umpire school. You know what to do, Reddit:
https://www.umpireschool.com/z/misc/inquiry/index
800-818-1690
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u/SilverExl 10d ago
Umpires are getting way too emotional and trying to be protagonist far more often than they should. We need roboumps asap because this is getting silly.
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u/Padgit8r 10d ago
Aaron Boone thinking, ‘Dang, I need a manicure..’ “YER OUTA HERE!!!” “WHAT???”
Fekin refs are OUT OF FEKING CONTROL any more. FEK them a-holes.
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u/Majik518 10d ago
Stop. Fucking. Complying. Stay there. Delay the whole damn game. Waste the time of EVRYONE who paid and maybe they do something to these shitty umps.
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u/silver_step 10d ago
Every reel I see on Instagram is the empire with his head up his ass. How can this be so common. Or it isn't and I have a biased view from instagram reels. I don't watch baseball.
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u/concrete_isnt_cement Seattle Mariners 10d ago
Keep in mind that there are about 2400 MLB games per season, and about 300 pitches per game. That’s 720,000 opportunities to produce the clips you’re seeing in a single season.
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u/Areacode08 10d ago
Why do umps act like they're the third team on the field? Shouldn't the goal of refs and umps be to not be seen nor heard on the field/court/ring/whatever? Umps seem to have an ego larger than some of the players.
But then again, i'm from a country where baseball is a marginal sport and football(soccer for you yanks) and hockey are the big sports.
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u/KCSportsFan7 Kansas City Royals 10d ago
This take is gonna be Carolina Reaper hot: I don't hate it. What Boone was originally arguing was a super 50/50 call on a swing, and then tries to tell Wendelstedt he should've made the call when it's not his call to make. Boone needs to control himself cause holy shit that is the most annoying thing to say right when the game starts, like you're wrong the whole way.
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u/CentralWooper St. Louis Cardinals 10d ago
The fact umpires can't undo an ejection even if they wanted to is BS
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u/Vash_Stampede_60B 10d ago
Just boycott baseball until the umpires are replaced. This is just awful and embarrassing.
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u/masturbator_123 10d ago
Not really a baseball guy. Why do they let the coaches talk to the umps? Just say "you can't talk to the ump or you're out." The coach talking to the ump never seems to do anything useful...what is the point?
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u/RevolutionaryLaw8854 10d ago
The fact that I know some of these umpires names says it all. I shouldn’t know a single one of them
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u/PostFapShame- 10d ago
“We’re not gonna need a Jomboy breakdown” And yet Jomboy still found a way to make a breakdown
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u/makataka7 San Diego Padres 10d ago
I kinda want to see someone punch one of those umps in the face one day. They're a disgrace to baseball. Just shut up and do your job instead of being an over reactive bitch.
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u/jacksonattack Minnesota Twins 10d ago
If there’s any team that deserves this kind of thing, it’s the Yankees.
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u/NJxBlumpkin New York Yankees 10d ago
The mics have been extremely hot at the stadium this year. I love it.
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u/ChiefSaltyPanda Tampa Bay Rays 10d ago
Umpires and power trips, name a more classic duo. Not even NFL, NBA, nor NHL refs are close to being this bad.
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u/jlange94 Seattle Mariners 10d ago
Obvious bullshit toss and the ump is always on a power trip but I love this shit because it's so uniquely baseball lol.
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u/OkReflection4442 10d ago
it was a good friend of mine who made the comment. I couldn’t believe it when i saw it
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u/TheBalance1016 10d ago
Time to replace the useless fucking umpires with computers. Their errors and power trips are affecting the game far too much at this point.
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u/Ennustaja009 10d ago
If you are an anti-union crusader this would be evidence #1 in that cause (minus Angel Hernandez of course). How does this fat fucker still have a job? Fire his ass tomorrow. Worthless pathetic attention seeking micro-p loser that's a disgrace to the game. Also this addled boomer is mentioning the "olden days" when Marvin Hudson got to the league things might have been different... am I crazy or did quick toss Hunter start umpiring in MLB before Hudson did? I know Manfred hates baseball but come on already my man do something about this. Fyi hope the Yankees lose every game every year but not this way
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u/Hot-Flounder-4186 10d ago
Incredibly frustrating, unfair, and disappointing. I would be very upset if I was the manager being thrown out. Hopefully future generations don't have to deal with stuff like this.
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u/Huge-Percentage8008 10d ago
He does chirp like a douche constantly. It’s probably hard to separate him from the douches in the crowd.
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u/KathyKazza 10d ago
These umpires are making the best case to get rid of all of them. It's absolutely embarrassing. Age limits maybe is a step in the right direction to stop this trash.
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u/potbellyjoe Chicago Cubs 10d ago
How long before teams just stop taking the field for certain umps?
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u/CyberneticAngel Atlanta Braves 10d ago
I hate the Yanks, but that was pure nonsense. Wendelstedt should have to wear a sandwich board for the rest of the season that reads "I don't ump well" or similar.
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u/dope_sheet 10d ago
It's almost like Umpires in Baseball should have more oversight and punishment for bad calls.........
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u/Loveyourwives 10d ago
"Do you want me to call you a c@cksucker? I'm going to call you a c*@cksucker!"
-Bull Durham
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u/DementedGaming 22h ago
I need these umpires to start getting fucking decked