Why was Aaron Boone ejected? Yankees manager tossed for third time this season already

In the bottom of the first inning, Yankees manager Aaron Boone's day was finished. He's not known for being a fiery manager, but he will get ejected if he feels like the umpiring is not up to standard. Thus far, he's been tossed from three games this season and two of them have come in the past week.

This time, it wasn't over the usual balls and strikes gripes that managers often have. The Cincinnati Reds took the lead on an RBI double in Luis Severino's debut, but Boone believed that it shouldn't have counted.

On the play, Spencer Steer blooped a ball down the right field line. Sliding into foul territory, Jake Bauers was unable to catch the ball cleanly and it fell to the ground. The umpires gathered and determined that the ball was fair and that the runner would have scored from first base on the play.

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The initial call was that the ball was foul and thus not live. There is a chance the play was initially contacted by Bauers in the fair zone, but it was difficult to tell.

Aaron Boone was ejected

Whether or not the call was right doesn't matter so much as the fact that the runner on first was allowed to score. Normally, a play like this would be reversed to a ground-rule double and thus, the runner on first wouldn't score.

Manager Boone, understandably upset, came out to argue that they couldn't determine that the run would've scored from first on what wasn't exactly a deep fly ball. The umpires tossed him within moments. He proceeded to then get his money's worth and let the umpiring crew know exactly what he thought of them.