Major League Baseball will likely probe an ump’s ejection of New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone over a fan’s apparent heckling, the New York Daily Newsreported Tuesday based on league sources. Home plate umpire Hunter Wendelstedt tossed Boone just five pitches into Monday afternoon’s matchup between the Yanks and the Oakland Athletics. Wendelstedt was overheard on the YES Network broadcast sternly issuing a warning to a chippy Boone after a disputed check-swing call. Moments later, while Boone stood silently in the dugout, a fan seated above him in a blue pullover continued to heckle the ump, seemingly pushing Wendelstedt to immediately give the boot to Boone, who ran out onto the field to protest the call and point out the spectator. “I don’t care,” the ump was heard saying, to which Boone replied: “What do you mean you don’t care? I did not say a word. It was over by the dugout... I didn’t say anything. I did not say anything, Hunter!” The seemingly mistaken ejection comes as the MLB grapples with increased distrust in its umpiring.
