Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona said Tuesday morning that video showing him extending the middle finger to a camera during Game 3 of the American League Championship Series on Monday night against the Toronto Blue Jays was a "nervous habit" and not intentional.
"God I was so embarrassed when I heard that or when somebody asked me that after the game," Francona said on ESPN's Mike & Mike. "I think I have a nervous habit of kind of picking my face a little bit.
"I would never do that [intentionally]," he said, before quipping, "my goodness, I mean maybe in the clubhouse, but not out there.