After the game, Boone repeatedly called the situation “embarrassing.”

“I couldn’t believe it,” he said.

Boone nor players knew what the fan in question said.

Meanwhile, Wendelstedt told a pool reporter that the fan had no impact on the ejection and that he had not seen a replay by the time he spoke. Rather, he claimed a “cheap shot” came from the “far end” of the Yankees’ bench.

Rather than taking the time to search for the culprit, Wendelstedt decided to make Boone responsible for the alleged actions of his team.

“This isn’t my first ejection,” Wendelstedt said. “In the entirety of my career, I have never ejected a player or a manager for something a fan has said. I understand that’s going to be part of a story or something like that because that’s what Aaron was portraying.”

Wendelstedt added that Boone was “probably” not the one who made the comment that set him off. But “Aaron Boone runs the Yankees,” the official reasoned. “He got ejected.”

While speaking with the pool reporter, Wendelstedt twice repeated the “I don’t care who said it” line that he uttered to Boone during the game, which originally angered the manager.

With MLB expected to review this ejection, the source said that umpires have one day to file a report. That report would be reviewed by the league’s baseball operations department. The source added that the league would speak with the Yankees as well.

Boone already said that he planned on contacting MLB himself.

If discipline were to result from anything that happened, MLB would make an announcement.

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