Yankees Fans Hope Latest Aaron Boone Ejection Precursor to Firing

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Losing is becoming an all-too-familiar feeling for the New York Yankees. On Sunday, they dropped a series-deciding game 7-1 to the Houston Astros for their seventh loss in just nine games in August, as the Bronx Bombers slipped perilously close to falling out of the playoff picture.
As the Yankees continue to flounder, another sight is becoming all-too familiar as well: manager Aaron Boone getting ejected from the game.
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - MAY 13: Umpire Mark Wegner #14 and manager Aaron Boone #17 of the New York Yankees yell at each other during the ninth inning at T-Mobile Park on May 13, 2025 in...
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - MAY 13: Umpire Mark Wegner #14 and manager Aaron Boone #17 of the New York Yankees yell at each other during the ninth inning at T-Mobile Park on May 13, 2025 in Seattle, Washington. MoreBoone was tossed by home plate umpire Derek Thomas for arguing a ball-strike call in the third inning on Sunday. In the argument, Boone appeared to have directed what players and managers call a "magic word" at Thomas, who immediately sent Boone to the showers.
Aaron Boone was ejected in just the third inning after arguing balls and strikes pic.twitter.com/Mi9uSU79Mv — Fireside Yankees (@FiresideYankees) August 10, 2025
The ejection was an MLB-leading fifth for Boone, putting him one ahead of Boston Red Sox skipper Alex Cora and, in the National League, Oliver Marmol of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Getting ejected has been a habit for Boone, who has led the AL in each of the previous four seasons, and led MLB in the last three.
The ejection brought Boone's career total to 44, the fourth-most of any active MLB manager — except that Boone has reached the dubious milestone in just eight seasons, including this one.
The three managers ahead of him — Bruce Bochy, Bob Melvin and Terry Francona — have managed 28, 22, and 24 years respectively.
That makes Boone, with one ejection every 26.14 games, the active career in ejection rate, hands down.
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But while manager ejections are often calculated to inspire players and fire up fans, Boone's latest ejection seems to have had, at least for a segment of Yankees fans, a different effect.
They hope that Boone's repeated ejections will lead to his firing as Yankees manager.
"Can he stay gone?" asked one commenter on an online post about Boone's Sunday ejection.
"He should be ejected from the team!" declared another.
"No Boone, YOU need to fix it," wrote a third, following up on Boone's declaration to Thomas that the ump needs to "fix it."
"How many more are we going to see this season? Friends and family tell me not many more because he's about to get canned. I want to believe that, but I just don't think (Yankees owner) Hal Steinbrenner has the (guts) to do it," wrote Bleeding Yankee Blue senior managing editor Jeana Bellezza-Ochoa on Monday.
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"But maybe I am wrong," Bellezza-Ochoa continued. "At some point, Hal has to have to give a good hard look in the mirror and realize anyone reading this blog could do a better job."
Data from MLB's pitch-tracking system showed that the 90.6 mph sinker from Houston's Jason Alexander to Yankees third baseman Ryan McMahon barely caught the bottom of the strike zone, making it a borderline pitch that could have been credibly called either way.
According to Umpire Scorecards, an independent group that complies daily statistics on umpire ball-strike performance, Thomas had a reasonably good game. He made 1.6 more correct calls than an average umpire, missing the call on eight of 161 taken pitches.
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