Well, the cyber gremlins seem to have taken off for Labor Day weekend, thus allowing us to return to our business.

We wanted to mention the latest odd chapter in the fabled Red Sox-Yankees saga, one that revolves around Boston manager Terry Francona's wardrobe. Francona, because of heath issues, often wears a pullover during games and Major League Baseball rules stipulate that regardless of the outwear, a uniform jersey must be worn underneath.

OK, that much is clear. But what wasn't clear to Francona was why a major league staff member wanted to check his jersey in the middle of a game at Yankee Stadium recently. Francona apparently directed some colorful language at the MLB security agent who wanted to do the jersey check.

Baseball officials appear to be contrite over the timing of it all -- it was the second inning of Wednesday's game, a 4-3 Yankee win, and Derek Jeter had just hit a double.

And none of this was instigated by New York. In fact, Yankees manager Joe Torre was squarely in Francona's corner and called the incident "a farce." Hard not to agree with that.

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