Girardi and Showalter go at it for stealing signs (VIDEO)

Orioles manager Buck Showalter and Yankees skipper Joe Girardi got in a heated exchange in the top of the second inning at Camden Yards Monday night and had to be restrained from    possibly resorting to fisticuffs.

The reason for their woofing — Girardi thought he saw Orioles third-base coach Bobby Dickerson stealing signs, either pitch selection or location, in the first inning.

In fact, Girardi was so sure of what he thought he saw, he raced the full length of the Yankees dugout to let Dickerson know what he thought he saw.

And when the inning ended, a still livid Girardi came out and barked at his his Orioles counterpart in a shouting match, causing players from both dugouts to spill onto the field and  forcing home plate umpire, Ed Hickox, to issue warnings to both starting pitchers.

Even after the game was over and the Yankees had lost 4-2 to drop three games back in the wild-card race with 18 left to play, Girardi was still prickly about the incident.

"There was something I saw," he said, emphasizing his words, "and I'm just going to leave it at that."

Yankees power outage continues on train ride home

The New York Yankees have experienced numerous power outages at the plate this season — stranding runners all over the bases — turning fans hopes into disappointment.  Now the Yankees got a sense of that frustration on their train ride back to New York.

Following Monday night's 3-2 ALDS Game 2 loss to the Baltimore Orioles, the team's Amtrak train that was taking the players back from Baltimore early Tuesday morning experienced a breakdown, delaying the team's arrival in New York until 6 a.m..

The train experienced an electrical power problem after arriving at Baltimore-Penn Station at 1 a.m..  After leaving, the train encountered the same issues and coasted into a station in Aberdeen, N.J., where the millionaire ballplayers boarded a bus for the remainder of the journey home.

"Well, I think our guys made the best of it and kind of laughed at it," manager Joe Girardi said."It's something you have to deal with, similar to getting in from the West Coast some days is what it's like."

It's still sounds way better than a jam-packed No. 4-Train to Yankee Stadium.

The Yankees reportedly lucked out because their bus company had available buses headed to Atlantic City and they were able to meet up quickly.

The Orioles were not so fortunate.  The team had to order buses and finally reached New York at 8 a.m..

"We got here," manager Buck Showalter said.  "Reminded me of those days of riding buses.  Everyone took it well."

Both teams were forced to make adjustments in their schedules because of the late arrivals.

The Orioles cancelled Tuesday's workout at Yankee Stadium and the Yankees turned their pressers with Girardi and Game 3 starter Hiroki Kuroda into conference calls.

Yankees president Randy Levine said the team was never in danger.

"Andy Pettitte said he smelled smoke," said Levine.  "But there was no smell in our car."

Yesterday that smell came from a third rail, today it's from the third spot in the lineup.

Yup. That whiff of smoke swirling around the Yankees today is coming from A-Rod burning out.

Showalter Fires Back at Girardi's Lack of Compassion

Buck Showalter wasn't too happy with his former team, the New York Yankees, complaining about how this weekend's games were rescheduled due to Hurricane Irene.  The Baltimore Orioles head coach was making a reference to the O's plan of refusing to play a double-header on Friday.  Showwalter directed most of his anger at Yankees head coach Joe Girardi for his lack of compassion.

The Orioles had scheduled a Friday night tribute to former-Orioles pitcher, team executive and broadcaster Mike Flanagan who took his own life last Wednesday.

Girardi was puzzled buy the Orioles decision not to squeeze in the make-up game the same night and said their final say was "silly to me."

This remark steamed Showalter and the Orioles organization, who were still reeling from Flanagan's sudden death.

"First of all, I felt that some of the stuff was a little disrespectful to Flanny, quite frankly," Showalter said when told about the Yankees condemnation of this weekend's scheduling.  "That didn't sit well with me very well.  I can tell you that.  We didn't say much-- I think we had an April rainout there-- and they just told us we were playing.  We were OK with that.  Like I told you the other day, you tell us when we're playing, we'll play."

The Orioles had a moment of silence and a video tribute to Flanagan on Friday which highlighted his career.  A large #46 (his number) adorned the visiting scoreboard instead of the out-of-town scores and the Baltimore players wore a patch on the right arm of their jerseys.

It was a nice ceremony-- even the Yankees team came out of their dugout, but didn't exactly take up a lot of time. 

Yankees centerfielder Curtis Granderson also expressed his frustration at the O's decision by issuing a prepared statement to the press criticizing the Orioles handling of the schedule  and saying the solution was inadequate.

Girardi wasn't quiet about not playing a double-header on Friday after Saturday's game was already considered a wash-out due to the hurricane.

Showalter said the Yankees called Orioles president of operations Andy McPhail only 24 hours before the series started-- asking to play two on Friday.  The O's declined for a list of reasons -- including the short notice and loss of money in playing a Friday afternoon game.

The Yankees were not pleased with the outcome-- using a Sept 8 off-day to make up one of Saturday's double-header games.

Asked if there was any way avoid using the Sept. 8 off-day-- which is one of two remaining off-days for New York,  Girardi opened up the idea of playing the game as part of a split-doubleheader in New York instead of Baltimore in a move that would help the Yankees because they travel cross-country to Anaheim to play the Angels on Sept. 9. while they are in the middle of a playoff race.  I've got my own team to worry about says Bucky.

"We hope we can be as competitive as they are," said Showalter.  "I respect where they are in the season and what their people are saying about the competitive part of it, but it means something to us too."

Girardi might want to stop whining and start winning.  The Yankees Bartolo Colon was outdueled by the Orioles Zach Britton, 2-0, in the first game of the night-day doubleheader on Sunday.  

The Yankees are 14-10 so far this August and head to Boston on Tuesday.