Aaron Judge, the Yankees and Blue Jays address Judge's at-bat
E REPORT BY YOUR LOCAL FORD STORES. MEREDITH, WE’LL GO BACK TO LAST NIGHT IN TERMS OF THE STORY LINE FOR TODAY. THERE WAS THAT CONTROVERSY WITH AARON JUDGE AND HIM LOOKING OFF SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT A FEW TIMES IN HIS FINAL AT-BAT. BUT HE ALSO SPOKE ABOUT IT TO YOU AND MEET TODAY. WHAT DID HE HAVE TO SAY? >> Meredith: BOB, HE WALKED IN FROM THE BACK SECTION OF THE CLUBHOUSE ABOUT 4:15 TO 4:20, WALKED OVER TO HIS LOCKER AND THEN TURNED AROUND AND MYSELF AND A BUNCH OF THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA WERE
STANDING THERE WAITING TO TALK TO HIM, AND HE SAID, YOU YOU GUYS NEED ME RIGHT NOW? WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE. I ASKED HIM WHAT HE THOUGHT ABOUT THE REACTION TO THAT EIGHTH INNING AT-BAT THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT AND HE SAID, I PRETTY MUCH SAID EVERYBODY I NEEDED TO SAY LAST NIGHT AS TO WHY I WAS LOOKING OVER INTO THE DUGOUT, AND WHY HE WAS GOING BIT THAT WAY. I THEN WENT ON TO ASK HIM IF HE TOOK EXCEPTION WITH THE BROADCAST FROM THE BLUE JAYS. THEY ESSENTIALLY INSINUATED THAT HE WAS NOT GOGA THINGS
ABOVE BOARD, THAT HE WAS MAYBE DOING SOMETHING THAT WAS ILLEGAL, AND AARON JUDGE HAD THIS TO SAY. QOARKTS I’VE GOT SOME CHOICE WORDS ABOUT THAT BUT TBOART JUST
SCHNEIDER SAID AFTER THE GAME LAST NIGHT THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO A DEEP DIVE INTO THE VIDEO AND SEE EXACTLY WHAT WAS HAPPENING OUT THERE. WELL, WE FOLLOWED UP ON THAT TODAY AND ASKED HIM EXACTLY WHAT THEY FOUND WITH THAT RECON MISSION. >> I THINK WHAT WE LEARNED IS WE COULD PROBABLY BE A LITTLE BIT TIGHTER WITH SOME OF OUR TENDENCIES OR LOCATIONS WITH, YOU KNOW, CATCHERS, YOU KNOW, GLOVES, EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW, I THINK JUST GOING FORWARD, IN TERMS OF THE LEAGUE, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY COACH IS WHERE THEY SHOULD
BE ON THE FIELD. AND CONFIDENT THAT THEY WILL BE GOING FORWARD. >> AFTER REVIEWING I’M SURE THE ENTIRE BROADCAST, HAD YOU SEEN OTHER YANKEES GLANCING OVER THE WAY HE HE DID? >> NO, DEPUTY SEE ANYONE ELSE, AND WASN’T AWARE OF IT IN-GAME, JUST KIND OF CAME TO OUR ATTENTION AFTER THE GAME. >> DID YOU FEEL LIKE YOU GUYS WERE TIPPING PITCHES OR YOU WERE VERY OBVIOUS ABOUT STUFF, WHETHER IT BE THE PITCHER OR THE CATCHER? >> IT COULD HAVE BEEN A COMBINATION OF BOTH, I THINK, WITH THE WAY SOME GUYS COME SET OR BRING THE
BALL INTO THEIR GLOVE. AGAIN, THAT’S PART OF THE GAME. WE TRY PREACH THAT WITH OUR GUYS INTEFNLT THE MAJORITY OF OUR TIME MAKING SURE OUR GUYS ARE CLEAN AND BUTTONED UP, AND IF THEY’RE NOT, WE, THAT’S PART OF THE GAME AND IT’S FAIR GAME. I THINK OUR FOCUS GOING FORWARD IS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS A KIND OF LEVEL PLAYING FIELD AND THAT EVERYONE IS WHERE THEY SHOULD BE. >> JOHN, WERE YOU AWARE OF AARON JUDGE, AARON BOONE’S EXPLANATION POSTGAME, AND IF YOU DID HEAR THEM, WHAT DID YOU THINK? >> YEAH, I HEARD THEM
THERE. WAS KIND OF A LOT OF EMOTION IN THAT AT-BAT WITH BOONIE GETTING TOSSED AND QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STRIKE ZONE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I’M NOT REALLY TOO CONCERNEDMENT THEY BOTH SAID THE SAME THING. I KNOW THAT ABOUT THE CHIRPING FROM THE DUGOUT, AND I WASN’T OVER THERE, SO IF THAT’S WHAT WAS GOING ON, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT BOONIE’S BEEN IN THE GAME FOR A LONG TIME AND IS REALLY ACCOMPLISHED AS A MANAGER AND PLAYER AND AARON JUDGE IS ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE GAME. YOU WANT TO GIVE THEM THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.
>> Aaron: WE’RE ALL DEEP-DIVING ON EVERYTHING EVERY DAY TO TRY AND PUT OUR TEAMS IN THE BEST POSITION TO WIN. SO NOT MUCH OF A REACTION AT ALL. >> Meredith: THEY HAD MADE THE COMMENT THEY CONTACTED MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, THEY JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS WHERE THEY SHOULD BE, MEANING YOUR COACHES ARE IN THE BOX. IS THAT SOMETHING YOU TAKE A LOOK AT? AMGHTS YEAH, I HAVEN’T HEARD ANY OF THAT. SO I DON’T KNOW THAT. >> DID IT BOTHER YOU THAT KIND OF BEING CALLED INTO QUESTION WHAT YOU GUYS MAY HAVE BEEN DOING
LAST NIGHT? >> Aaron: I THINK — I THINK MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THE KNOW KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE’S — THERE’S NOTHING — NOTHING THERE. SO — AND I’M SURE THAT WILL BE THE PREVAILING WISDOM AS IT UNFOLDS. I UNDERSTAND THE NOISE AROUND IT, BUT I THINK ALL OF US THAT ARE IN THE GAME ANDRE GUYS THAT COVER IT UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, NOTHING’S GOING ON HERE. >> Meredith: A LOT OF THAT NOISE CAME FROM THE BROADCAST OF THE BLUE JAYS. JUST WHEN YOU HEARD KIND OF WHAT THEY WERE SAYING AND WHAT THEY WERE
IMPACT SIN WAIT, WHAT DID YOU SIDNEY. >> Aaron: I DON’T KNOW. I DIDN’T NECESSARILY SEE THE INSINUATION. YOU KNOW, I FELT LIKE THEY WERE TRYING TO BE CAREFUL OF IT, JUST WATCHING THE GAME, WATCHING WHAT THEY WERE SEEING. SO, LOOK, I THINK, AGAIN, EVERYONE THAT IS AROUND THE GAME, I THINK UNDERSTANDS THAT THERE’S NOTHING GOING ON. >> YOU SAID YOU DIDN’T HEAR ANYTHING, REGARDING WHERE COACHES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE. HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING FROM MLB ABOUT LAST INCITE. >> Aaron: YEAH, WE’VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. SO, YOU KNOW, OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THERE’S
NOT GOING TO BE ANY KIND OF INVESTIGATION, BECAUSE NOTHING THAT WENT ON LAST NIGHT WAS AGAINST THE RULES. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT’S OUR UNDERSTANDING AS FAR AS THE LEAGUE GOES. >> Meredith: GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT WENT DOWN YESTERDAY, A NICE WIN FOR US GUY, WHERE DO YOU EXPECT THAT INTENSITY LEVEL TO BE TONIGHT BECAUSE OF WHAT WENT SONNY. >> Aaron: YEAH, I DON’T EXPECT ANYTHING BECAUSE OF WHY ALL YOU GUYS ARE HERE OR MORE PEOPLE ARE HERE TO SPILL OUT ONTO THE FIELD. I MEAN, IT’S TWO HIGHLY COMPETITIVE TEAMS, TWO VERY GOOD TEAMS. WHICH — AND
OBVIOUSLY, IN OUR DIVISION, SO WE’RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH EACH OTHER. WE COMPETE VERY HARD WITH ONE ANOTHER. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE’S
