New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone defended himself following his ejection in a 6-1 win against the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday. Boone explained why he felt his ejection was a quick-trigger response amid a confrontation with home plate umpire Ramon DeJesus during Aaron Judge's at-bat in the bottom of the fifth inning.

Boone explained why he didn't think he deserve an ejection during his postgame press conference, per SNY Yankees' X, formerly Twitter.

“I didn't even boil over. There's no way I should've been kicked out there. An emotional response,” Boone said. “There were a couple of calls early, but once again, a real quick hook. Fortunately, it didn't impact anything and we're able to tag on.” Expand Tweet

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