TORONTO -- Apparently even silence can have its consequences.
New York Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner learned that the hard way Friday night when he was ejected from the visitors dugout in the fourth inning of the Yankees' game at Rogers Centre against the Toronto Blue Jays.
At the exact moment Gardner was tossed by home-plate umpire Chris Segal, cameras showed the center fielder sitting quietly on the Yankees' bench with a bat in one hand and the other holding a water bottle.
In the foreground, Yankees manager Aaron Boone could be seen voicing his displeasure at a strike call Segal made seconds before the tossing.