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Yankees' Aaron Boone says he's not changing after 1-game ban

NEW YORK -- Yankees manager Aaron Boone says he will not stop fighting for his team but acknowledged he may need to be more mindful of not crossing a line with umpires.

"No, I'm not going to change," Boone said Saturday as he returned from a one-game suspension following his third ejection in the past two weeks. "Even though I have been kicked out of a lot of games, a lot of them I make it through. So maybe just being better at knowing where that line is."

In handing down the suspension and fine Friday, Michael Hill, Major League Baseball's senior vice president for on-field operations, said the discipline was "for his recent conduct toward major league umpires, including the actions following his ejection from Thursday night's game against the Baltimore Orioles.