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It seems that there's some kind of feud developing between the New York Yankees and umpire Marty Foster. You may remember back on July 6 when Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter was stunned by a comment Foster made to him. Jeter was called out trying to steal third even though he beat the tag. When he informed Foster of this the umpire replied "He didn't have to tag you. The ball beat you."

That little exchange resulted in Joe Girardi coming out to defend his captain and in his ejection. Well, Foster was behind home plate on Sunday during the Yankees' game against Baltimore when he ejected Girardi again along with Alex Rodriguez, and when asked about the ejection after the game, Rodriguez didn't have the nicest words for Foster.

NEW YORK - What could make Derek Jeter lose his cool?

We found out Monday.

After being caught stealing third base in the first inning of Monday's game at Yankee Stadium, Jeter yelled to umpire Marty Foster: "He didn't tag me."

According to Jeter, Foster replied, "He didn't have to tag you. The ball beat you."

That caused Jeter - who may debate a called strike on occasion but perhaps never before so visibly confronted an umpire - to turn around and tell Foster, "I was unaware of that rule change."