Nothing has worked for the New York Yankees for two months. The injuries, the ineffectiveness of the offense, the absence of a left fielder, the inaction of Brian Cashman, and so on.
So, we can understand that the frustration is felt in the Bronx.
And when the officials come to get involved in matches where the Bombardiers are already struggling, the valve explodes.
This is what happened last night (Monday) in the game against the Chicago White Sox. After having to suffer Angel Hernandez the day before, now it was the turn of the mediocre Laz Diaz to crack down behind the plate.
As usual, it was a disaster, he missed 21 calls during the game, including 14 against the Yankees.
It was enough to exasperate the manager Aaron Boone who had had enough in the eighth inning after the young Anthony Volpe was retired on decision.
It’s not so much this call that was bad, but the accumulation of incompetence that we were entitled to throughout the evening finally broke the camel’s back.
After telling the official his way of thinking (if you can call it that), Boone drew a ground line into the batter’s box before doing a perfect imitation of Diaz calling a third strike.
A gem.
As you can imagine, the skipper was expelled for the 32e time in his career and for the sixth time this campaign, an MLB high. He’s led major league baseball managers in that regard the past two seasons with nine and six ejections respectively.
Although Diaz was true to form, the Yankees had only themselves to blame for the loss, not taking advantage of another chance of victory that starter Gerrit Cole offered them.
