The Yankees seem to have had enough with Jose Siri taking his sweet time. After the Rays center fielder belted a home run in the top of the fifth inning off starter Carlos Rodon on Monday, Siri pinched his palms seeming to acknowledge boos from the Yankee Stadium crowd before stepping on home plate. Immediately
Jose Cuas Jersey afterward, YES Network cameras flashed to Aaron Judge, who looked directly at Siri without flinching or blinking. Aaron Judge was staring down Jose Siri after his keep talking celebration Talkin' Yanks (@TalkinYanks) Jose Siri embraced the Bronx jeers after his second homer in four days at Yankee Stadium. @TalkinYanks/X The homer and Siris histrionics didnt sit well with the Yankees broadcast booth, either. Explore More Youre losing! Celebrate when youre winning, play-by-play man Michael Kay exclaimed. Theyre acting like its Mardi Gras in that dugout. Youre losing the game! Michael Kay wasn't a fan of Jose Siri's home run celebration. "You're losingI mean, they're acting like it's Mardi Gras in that dugout. You're losing the game!" Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) The Yankee captain wasnt too content with Siri and his long home run trot. @TalkinYanks/X However, Kay conceded that Yankee manager Aaron Boone didnt seem to take as much exception. Its a new world, Boone said before the game. I look away sometimes. Thats part of it. Guys are going to do what they do. Its on us, each individual, to handle themselves how they want. If somebody doesnt like it, its on us to keep them in the ballpark. Monday afternoons drama came just 10 days after some more tense moments on the diamond involving the Yankees. Boone chalked up Siris home run jaunt to a different era of baseball. Jason Szenes / New York Post The Yankees and Orioles jawed at one another until the after closer Clay Holmes hit Heston Hjerstad in the head in the ninth inning on July 12. Mondays game marked the second straight with a dinger for Siri and another with some antics at that. Siri provided a similar deliberate trot after a two-run shot on Sunday in a 6-4 Rays win. Siri and teammate Randy Arozarena entered Monday tied for second for the slowest home run trots at 29.3 seconds. The Siri long ball proved one of few blemishes for Rodon, who spun a much-needed seven-inning, two-hit, eight-strikeout gem.
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