This was why Boone was ejected:
Boone ejected after foul call on near Judge HR
I can see why the umps got bamboozled. First of all,
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Steinbrenner Field’s poles are 30 feet tall, the minimum for a Major League stadium, and appropriate for the venue considering there is only one seating deck. As a point of comparison, the foul poles at Yankee Stadium are 90 feet tall.
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But second of all, Judge hit the ball so hard and so far, that you can hardly see it in the replays. Forget about the first replay in this video, which they run twice; the cameraman was also fooled and didn't focus on the right spot. Go full screen and look at the next replay after that; at about 0:48 you see a quick flash of white against the trees. That's the ball coming down out there, and it was fair.
If Judge ends up with 761 home runs, I will remember this one.