Yankees Manager Aaron Boone Has A 'F**king Savage' Meltdown And Fans Love It

Yankees manager Aaron Boone was thrown out of a game against the Tampa Bay Rays  on Thursday for arguing balls and strikes from the dugout.

But it’s what happened next that took the world of social media by storm. 

After Brennan Miller ejected him in the second inning of the first game of a double-header, Boone marched onto the field and proceeded to give the rookie umpire a piece of his mind. 

“My guys are fucking savages in that fucking box, right?” Boone yelled at Miller. “And you’re having a piece of shit start to this game. I feel bad for you, but fucking get better.” 

The moment was caught on audio and video and shared by Jimmy O’Brien of the “Talkin’ Yanks” podcast. The clip began with a clearly frustrated Yankee outfielder Brett Gardner banging his bat on the walls and ceiling:

“I know he was getting a lot of heat from us so I was sympathetic to him while also being upset ,” Boone said after the game, per The New York Times.

He added:

And I didn’t mean that in any means in a demeaning way. It was more just, ‘I know we’re all over you here and it’s early in this game, but I thought it was important to make a statement there.’

Boone will likely be fined for the ejection.

The Yankees won the game, the first of a double-header in New York, 6-2. They also took the second game, 5-1. 

Boone has “been calling us savages all year ,” Yankees slugger Luke Voit told reporters after the game. “We are a bunch of savages.” 

As for Gardner’s odd bat-banging? 

“I can’t throw my helmet anymore so just making noise ,” he said, according to the New York Post. 

In June, Gardner threw his helmet in the dugout, but the headgear bounced back, hit him in the face and split his lip. He needed six stitches to close the wound. 

Savage. 

The word is already taking on a life of its own on social media: