Second base umpire Adrian Johnson initially signaled safe, then changed his call correctly, it appeared.

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But crew chief Jeff Kellogg, who was the second base umpire, felt he had a better view of the play than Fairchild.

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After getting swept by the Mets over four games, Girardi was fired up and got ejected in the fifth inning for arguing a forceout call against New York by second base umpire Vic Carapazza.

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After getting swept by the Mets over four games, Yankees manager Joe Girardi was fired up and got ejected in the fifth inning for arguing a call against New York by second base umpire Vic Carapazza.

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He yelled and screamed some more, until second-base umpire Bob Davidson got in the middle of Girardi and Welke and the two appeared to bump chests repeatedly, although Girardi denied that was his intent.

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He was ejected in the second inning by first base umpire Hunter Wendelstedt for arguing at plate umpire Greg Gibson from the dugout on a called third strike against Raul Ibanez, who had homered three times in the first two games of the series.

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