Yankees Aaron Boone blasts overly sensitive umpiress after first ejection of season

For those who thought Aaron Boone might have nothing to get ejected about with the arrival of the automated ball-strike system, think again.The Yankees manager picked up his first ejection late in Thursday’s 11-4 loss to the Angels, getting tossed by home plate umpire Will Little at the end of the eighth inning for arguing a balk call from the top of the eighth.Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.

“I still haven’t gotten good clarity, because of course they got overly sensitive when I was as calm as could be,” said Boone, who first went out to talk to Little in the middle of the eighth before going out again at the end of the frame.“I wasn’t out there arguing, I just wanted to hear their explanation.I’m going to wait to get more clarity.

I think it’s a fine play.”First base umpire Ryan Additon called the balk on lefty Ryan Yarbrough, who tried to pick off the man at first with runners on first and second and two outs in what was then a 7-4 game. Boone said the Yankees had a play on for Yarbrough to attempt a pickoff at first and thought the throw over was within the rules.But he was dissatisfied with the lack of explanation for why it was called a balk.“Will gave it to me behind home plate, but then I wanted what I thought should have been more of an explanation,” said Boone, who has led the AL in ejections in each of the last five years.

“So I went out to talk to Ryan out at first and [crew chief Lance Barksdale] cut me off.”Gerrit Cole will be on a pitch count around the mid-40s Friday night as he starts a rehab assignment at Double-A Somerset, which, if it goes well, could have him back in The Bronx in around a month.The plan is for Cole to get fully built up on his minor-league assignment, instead of doing what the Yankees did with Cam Schlittler to start this season and taking him at around 70 pitches to finish off that buildup ...