NEW YORK — Major League Baseball is expected to look at the Monday incident involving Aaron Boone, home plate umpire Hunter Wendelstedt and a fan sitting behind the Yankees dugout, a source told the New York Daily News.

The source, granted anonymity so that they could speak freely, said that it is standard for the league to review “all ejections and unusual on-field circumstances.” They added that Boone’s ejection and “other circumstances would merit reviewing.”

Wendelstedt tossed Boone after just five pitches in the Yankees’ Monday loss to the Athletics.

It all started when A’s leadoff man Esteury Ruiz got hit by a pitch on his back foot to start the game. As the slider grazed the center fielder’s foot, Ruiz also checked his swing. Wendelstedt then motioned toward the first base umpire, John Tumpane, who signaled that Ruiz did not swing.

Boone thought that Ruiz went around, and he wanted Wendelstedt to check on the hit-by-pitch as well. The YES Network’s broadcast overheard a fiery Wendelstedt telling Boone that he did indeed check, and that the manager would be ejected if he said anything else.

“I really didn’t even go after Hunter,” Boone said after the game. “I was more upset on the appeal. I said, ‘Hunter you can call it, too,’ and he came back at me pretty hard, to which I didn’t respond. I just said, ‘OK,’ went down.”

After that, multiple camera angles showed Boone staying quiet on the top step of the dugout. However, a fan in a blue pullover sitting directly behind Boone heckled Wendelstedt, which seemed to spark the ejection.

“Aaron, you’re done,” Wendelstedt screamed. “I don’t care who said it. You’re gone.”

Boone, stunned and livid, tried to tell Wendelstedt that a fan had said something. He even pointed toward the man in blue.

“What do you mean you don’t care? I did not say a word! It was over by the dugout,” Boone replied before letting out some profanity. “I didn’t say anything. I did not say anything, Hunter!”

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