I said on the NTNgod post: He shouldn't have slid. Ump blew the call, but the slide made it more easily blowable

When Derek Jeter was called out attempting to steal third base with no one out, he asked third base umpire Marty Foster for a reason.

Jeter thought he was safe. The ball had beaten him there, but he moved his left hand around Scott Rolen’s glove and replays showed he touched the bag before Rolen’s tag.

“He didn’t tag me,” Jeter told Foster.

“He didn’t have to,” Foster said, according to Jeter. “The ball beat you.”

Jeter was incensed. He followed Foster as he walked away to argue. Third base coach Rob Thomson restrained Jeter as Yankees manager Joe Girardi ran toward third looking for an explanation. (“Jete’s not going to argue unless he’s safe,” Girardi said. “That’s the type of player that Derek Jeter is.”)

Hirschbeck spoke to Foster on Tuesday and got a different version. Here’s what Hirschbeck said Foster told Jeter at the time: “The ball beat you, and I had him tagging you.”

“I don’t see a problem with that,” Hirschbeck said. “Sometimes when tempers flare, you don’t hear everything that’s said.”

Yankees manager Joe Girardi joined the argument with Jeter and was ejected. Hirschbeck, however, said Girardi was tossed for complaining about a call Sunday.

Soloist: Jeffrey Maier.

Did anyone hear about a shouting match taking place between Girardi and a NY Post reporter following the game? Anyone have details?

Andrew Marchand ?@AndrewMarchand
Postgame Chaos: Girardi got into it with Joel Sherman of the Post, too. They were separated at one point.

Joel said it is part of the gig. Girardi got annoyed, but called Joel into his office after presser. There it got heated & there was yelling

Security got in the middle of it before anything happened. More on Bronx Zoo later in full column. Oh, and CC says he is healthy.

Girardi was annoyed because Sherman asked about CC's health, which he had already answered 3X in the last 4 minutes. Video of the press conference is below, and Sherman starts lecturing Girardi that it's part of the job. Obviously not a good response from Girardi, but Sherman is a troll...

100 Batters
  Mark Reynolds 7 (of 21)
     J.J. Hardy 6 (of 19)
    Mark Trumbo 6 
 Miguel Cabrera 5
    Carlos Pena 4
   Matt Wieters 4 (of 19)
     B.J. Upton 3
     Adam Jones 3 (of 29)
 Justin Morneau 3
    Chris Davis 3
  Josh Hamilton 3
Adrian Gonzalez 3
 Prince Fielder 3 ... 

17 Opp
BAL 30
TBD 17
ANA 16
TOR 14
CHW 13
DET 12
BOS 11
OAK  9
TEX  8
SEA  8

103 Batters
Curtis Granderson 6 (of 34)
    Josh Hamilton 6
Edwin Encarnacion 5
    Shin-Soo Choo 4
     Billy Butler 4
    Adrian Beltre 4
    Kelly Johnson 3
    Robinson Cano 3 (of 29) 
   Miguel Cabrera 3
      Mark Trumbo 3
 Asdrubal Cabrera 3
      Alex Gordon 3

18 Opp
NYY 22
TOR 17
TEX 16
CLE 13
ANA 12
KCR 12
TBD 10
DET  9
OAK  8
BOS  7

He should not have slid, because it makes it more difficult for the umpire to make the call.

Pagan (I think) was clearly out at first but called safe, then he tried to advance to 3rd on a bunt and was called out (when he looked safe) at 3B.

I think Meals has passed Angel Hernandez as the worst umpire in the game now. Every game he does has at least one inexplicable call.

Remember when he deliberately ###### the Pirates on a call at home in that 19-inning game because he was tired and wanted to go to bed, and then everybody said, "No, he wouldn't do that, it's just a rare mistake by a good umpire!"

Yeah.

Not quite. If Swisher had been called out, that would have been the second out of the inning. The Orioles would have still had to get Teixeira out but they wouldn't have needed to go to second for the double play to do it.

(and again as always, do not allow it to become an appeal play, call it from a replay booth, with no requests by the umpires or players being any part of the replay)

The Yankees being harmed by it, instead of benefitting from it, will impact the view of some and of the NY media, for sure