The unwritten rules of baseball are forever fluid, forever shifting, open to interpretations that are often tied to who is winning and who is losing.

The Yankees were losing in a big way Tuesday night, and Carlos Gomez greatly annoyed them, apparently for the way he reacted angrily after making an out with the score 9-0. Gomez told the Yankees to shut up and the benches cleared, and later in the game, Gomez went deep. Here is a Gomez slide early in the game, which also might have annoyed the Yankees.

From Billy Witz's story:

"Somebody's screaming from the dugout, and I tell them, 'Why are you screaming?'" Gomez said. "Everybody knows in the league how passionate I play the game. It's not meant to disrespect anybody."

Gomez answered the calls from the Yankees' dugout by saying, "Shut up" several times. He then had words with Yankees catcher John Ryan Murphy and returned to the dugout.

"I just told him, 'Play the game the right way,'" said [Yankees manager Joe] Girardi, whose team trailed 9-0 at the time of the confrontation. "They're kicking our rear ends. Show a little professionalism to the pitcher. I know you missed a pitch and are frustrated by it, but I just think it's a little too much."

The whole thing seems pretty silly. It's apparently not OK to show frustration after making an out with a big lead.