MAJOR-NEWS: Yankees Officially File MLB Complaint After Aaron Judge’s Home Run Controversy

 

The New York Yankees may have come away with a win, but manager Aaron Boone is still fighting a losing battle. A day after a deep fly ball by Aaron Judge was ruled foul instead of his ninth home run of the season, Boone filed a formal complaint with Major League Baseball. On Monday, he reached out to MLB’s senior VP of baseball operations, Michael Hill, looking for clarity. Instead, he got a chance to express his frustration and was met with understanding—but no resolution.

There’s no rule that allows for Judge to be retroactively awarded the homer, even though replays clearly showed the ball landed in fair territory, in a group of trees beyond the outfield at Steinbrenner Field. Despite that, Boone made his case. Hill told him, “It was a tough call,” according to Boone.