earned the admiration of his fellow MLB managers.
The Yankees skipper said he after he drew a line in the dirt near home plate and mimicked umpire Laz Diaz’s strikeout call during Monday night’s road game against the Chicago White Sox.
Boone declined to share what other MLB managers told him but said it was “a lot of funny stuff.”
The ejection occurred after Diaz called a third strike against Yankees rookie Anthony Volpe in the eighth inning of Monday’s 5-1 loss.
“All I know is Laz was telling me, ‘Go.’ So he, I feel like in a way, egged me on to ‘go make a fool of yourself.’ I guess I obliged,” Boone said.
Boone, who said Monday that the exchange stemmed from his frustration over multiple calls, added Tuesday that he thought his outburst embarrassed his daughter, Bella.
The ejection was Boone’s sixth this season, which leads MLB managers.
“I don’t like doing that,” Boone said.
“But I also felt like I needed to fight for what I thought was happening within that game.”
Boston’s Alex Cora said he spoke to Boone Tuesday, telling reporters he enjoyed the Yankees manager’s impersonation of Diaz.
“That was really good,” the Red Sox manager said, . “I told him the hips were really good. He got it right.”
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