During Tuesday's loss, third base umpire Marty Foley mistakenly called out Derek Jeter on a steal of third and then, according to Jeter, he told the Captain that the ball beat him and that's why he was out - he didn't need to be tagged. This led to Joe Girardi being tossed from the game.

Yesterday, umpire crew chief John Hirschbeck revealed that Foley told him that he said something different: "The ball beat you, and I had him tagging you."

Derek Jeter has responded, talking to the Post. "He didn't say that," Jeter said. "He knows exactly what he said and he didn't say that." Third base coach Rob Thomson added that he didn't hear Foley say that, either.

I'd be surprised if anything at all came of this, but I'm glad that Jeter didn't just back down.