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Yankee manager Joe Girardi and Red Sox first base coach Tim Bogar got into it in the fourth inning last night, though it's not exactly clear why. There is speculation that Girardi was accusing Bogar of stealing signs, but no one will speak to the issue.

"I'm not going to comment on that. That's baseball men being baseball men. It's something I thought I saw and we'll just leave it at that," Girardi said.

Bogar was just as tight-lipped.

"That's between me and him. It's a baseball thing. Heat of the moment or whatever it was. He just had something to say and I answered him back," Bogar said.

Sox manager Terry Francona addressed the issue -- sort of.

"I thought Joe was just checking on the family. I think those guys, when they haven't seen each other for a while, just ask how things are going," he deadpanned. "Bogey said everybody was okay."

Pressed on whether the Yankees were accusing Bogar of stealing signs, Francona was abrupt.

"They could have. I really don't care. You might be better off asking them," he said.

 Tags  Dan Barbarisi Joe Girardi Terry Francona Tim Bogar

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