Aaron Boone Celebrated His Ejection by Firing His Gum Into the Abyss, and MLB Fans Loved It

Hopefully he iced his shoulder after this.

Andy Nesbitt | May 16, 2023

Aaron Boone Celebrated His Ejection by Firing His Gum Into the Abyss, and MLB Fans Loved It /

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New York Yankees

Yankees manager Aaron Boone always seems to get the most out of his ejections.

That happened again Monday night when he got thrown out of the Yankees-Blue Jays game in Toronto after getting into with the home plate umpire over a bad called strike on Aaron Judge.

Boone very loudly shared his feelings with Clint Vondrak and was quickly told that he would no longer be allowed to manage his team for the rest of the night.

Boone wasn’t happy about that and as he turned to walk off the field he threw his gum with what looked like a very high-speed toss:

Hopefully he iced down his arm after that.

Boone does have some gum-throwing history:

MLB fans had jokes:

Published May 16, 2023

ANDY NESBITT

Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.