BOSTON -- The renewal of bad blood between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees has spilled over to the coaching staffs.
While fans and media focused on Tyler Austin's hard slide into second base Wednesday night, Joe Kelly's retaliatory fastball that hit Austin in the ribs and the benches- and bullpens-emptying brawl that ensued, a juicy subplot developed when television cameras caught Red Sox manager Alex Cora shooing Yankees third-base coach Phil Nevin with a dismissive wave of his hand as Nevin screamed at the Boston dugout.
A day later, Nevin called Cora's gesture "unprofessional.