Yankees manager Aaron Boone went viral on Monday night for his animated argument with umpire Laz Diaz and subsequent ejection. While Boone certainly lost his cool and has a reputation for doing so, it turns out he had a point about Diaz’s strike zone.
In the eighth inning, with New York trailing the White Sox, 2–1, Anthony Volpe was called out on strikes after looking at a pitch on the outside corner, prompting Boone to come out of the dugout and argue with Diaz.
That particular pitch—a sinker that broke back over the plate—was actually a strike, but that doesn’t mean that Boone didn’t have a point.
