NEW YORK -- Joe Girardi thought he was given a generous amount of time to state his case to umpiring crew chief Dana DeMuth in the eighth inning of Tuesday's 5-3 Opening Day loss -- in fact, the manager walked back to the dugout slightly surprised that he had not been ejected.
Girardi's argument following Carlos Correa's possible interference on a dribbler fielded by Dellin Betances ultimately produced no change in the outcome, and though DeMuth signaled that the Yankees would play the rest of the game under protest, no paperwork was filed with the league office.