Globe iconLogin iconRecap iconSearch iconTickets icon

Two days after covering the plate in dirt, an amused Joe Girardi wiped it off per umpire request

On Saturday, the Yankees lost to the Rays, 9-5, in a game that saw Yankees manager Joe Girardi ejected by home-plate umpire Scott Barry -- but not before Girardi dumped dirt all over the plate as an exercise of his frustration. 
Two days later, Girardi and his Yankees were back in the Bronx for a game with the Royals. Prior to first pitch, Yankees coach Tony Pena presented the lineup cards and exchanged pleasantries with the umpiring crew at home plate: 

However, as seen atop this post, the umpires asked Girardi to come out of the dugout anyway. Not to talk about ground rules, but to allow him to clean off home plate -- as a sort of ceremonial (and amusing) act of closure after Saturday's events.

And the Yankees won on Monday, 4-2, over the Royals. All's well that ends well, right?

BarberJordan
beephero
AP_702417634020
NYC