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NEW YORK -- The New York Yankees and Oakland Athletics opened their four-game series with a Monday matinee at Yankee Stadium. Aaron Boone was in the dugout for all of one batter.
The Yankees manager was ejected five pitches into the game in an unusual sequence caught on the television broadcast. It began when Athletics leadoff hitter Esteury Ruiz was hit by a pitch on an 0-2 count; the pitch clearly plunked Ruiz on the foot, but the Yankees' dugout thought Ruiz swung at it.
Boone, as a result, communicated his disapproval -- until home plate Hunter Wendelstedt communicated his thoughts.