If I was Alex Cora, I would have done the same thing as far as going out and getting his guys off the field. “My understanding is they did catch the guy. “It’s awful, embarrassing, unacceptable,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. But the Verdugo incident fanned the flames of a frustrating night. The weather only worsened shortly after the game began and didn’t let up much, creating difficult conditions for both sides. Saturday began with a 50-minute rain delay, though no rain fell at the time. It was an already tense game - and frustrating weekend as a whole with Thursday’s game postponed due to positive COVID-19 results for three Yankees players. That’s what I was telling them, just give us a chance to collect our thoughts, breathe a little bit and we’ll go out and play the game. What if he jumps the fence? What if he goes out there and attacks somebody? Whatever. Like, imagine getting thrown at with an object in a sport and you’ve got to be out there right away because we have to continue to play the game - that part I didn’t agree. It seemed like nobody was listening to me. “He needed time to breathe and to get his thoughts.
“I know my left fielder, I know Alex,” Cora said. Manager Alex Cora met them in shallow left, put an arm around Verdugo, and the Red Sox headed into the dugout as the grounds crew started to work on a rain-soaked field with Cora arguing with the umpires to give Verdugo a few minutes to calm down in the dugout. Outfielders coach Tom Goodwin, who raced out to left field and was first among the coaches to reach Verdugo, started leading him back toward the infield as Verdugo walked backward yelling toward the stands. Just to hear people saying, ‘Throw it back’ and then someone actually throws it back and it felt like it was targeted towards me, it doesn’t sit right with me.” “But the moment somebody throws - as players, we’re throwing balls in the stands to try to give people souvenirs, try to make little kids’ days and things like that.
That’s cool with me,” Verdugo said after a 3-1 loss in a game called after the sixth inning. “The trash-talking, the bringing up family members, the having everybody chant, excuse my language, ‘Fuck Verdugo,’ and all these things. Duran ran over from center field to pull Verdugo back as the umpires, stadium security and the Red Sox coaching staff ran out to try to cool the situation and find the fan who threw the ball. Verdugo, triggered by the action, turned and immediately began walking toward the stands yelling at the fans.
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