We’ll see what plays out from this and next time we’ll have a different game plan.īlue Jays reliever Jay Jackson during spring training. “I really haven’t seen hitters do that,” Jackson said. Jackson, a 35-year-old journeyman in his third appearance of the season, was tipped off to the buzz around the home run by his fiancée. “I’m not the caliber of hitter Aaron Judge is and never was, but he’s obviously looking somewhere besides the pitcher for a reason at that point in time in his at-bat,” Schneider said when pressed on the at-bat. It was the first of four games between the AL East foes. Boonie got tossed, let’s just go to work.”īlue Jays manager John Schneider during an Apgame. “I know Boonie got tossed - I was trying to save Boonie by calling timeout, like, ‘Hold up here, let me work.’ I was trying to see who was chirping in the dugout.
“There was a lot of chirping from our dugout, which I really didn’t like in the situation where it’s a 6-0 game,” Judge said. Judge, who had homered previously in the game, said his Yankees teammates were still voicing their frustrations with the calls directed at home plate umpire Chris Vondrak. In the same at-bat, Yankees manager Aaron Boone was ejected for arguing a low strike call. “But ya, it was kind of odd to see him looking over there right before a pitch came.” He’s obviously looking in that direction for a reason and dive into it a little more tonight and tomorrow and make sure we’re doing everything we can to make ourselves susceptible to tendencies.Īaron Judge look sideways during his at-bat against the Blue Jays on May 15, 2023. “Kind of odd that a hitter would be looking in that direction. The paper noted that Schneider was unusually late to his postgame media availability and presumed it was due to him reviewing Judge’s plate appearance. The at-bat took place in the eighth inning and the Blue Jays announcers had wondered if Judge’s looks were meant to see the signs from catcher Alejandro Kirk.īlue Jays manager John Schneider was also suspicious. “When I came back to the dugout (one of the coaches) told me you’re going to be pissed when you see the video,” Jackson told the Toronto Sun. Judge launched a mammoth home run to center field off Blue Jays reliever Jay Jackson, moments after SportsNet announcers first called attention to the sideways glance. The Yankees rival cast doubt on Aaron Judge’s claim that his look to the dugout was in response to teammates still complaining about the strike zone during a 7-4 win on Monday night. The Blue Jays were the ones chirping after the game.
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