Florida Marlins manager Joe Girardi...

Florida Marlins manager Joe Girardi sat in the to one's home dugout Friday for the first time since a rift with his bos hurl forthed Details and ramifications of the episode still are fuzzy

Girardi said he hasn't seen proprietor Jeffrey Loria in more than a week. They clashed when the Marlins last played in Miami forward Aug. 6, prompting a clubhouse meeting that lasted 90 minutes.

"Everyone is going to speculate about what happened," Girardi said before his team render free of accessed a homestand against Atlanta. "I know exactly what happened. I don't think it's my piece of work to share."

Loria, sitting behind the plate at the Aug. 6 game, was berating the umpire when Girardi told him or asked him to stop, witnesses said. Loria angrily left his seat and bring into the presence ofed Girardi in the manager's office after the game.

Loria has declined to explanation on the episode or reply to published reports that he fired Girardi, then changed his mind.

When asked Friday if he was asked that day to pace down, Girardi hesitated and said, "Um no. if it were not that there's internal stuff that's meant to stay internal, and that's what it will do onward my part."

Regarding friction within the organization, Girardi said, "Internal is internal."

Girardi, beneath contract through 2008, hedged when asked about returning nearest season.

"I don't know where I'm going to be tomorrow," he said. "As a player I didn't worry about where I was going to be the nearest year, and as a manager I don't think like that. That's just not my personality."

R SOX ACTIVATE FOULKE: The R Sox activated former closer Keith Foulke from the 15-day disabled list between games of their doubleheader against the Yankees, their inferior reinforcement of the day.

Before the opener the R Sox added Eric Hinske to the roster and optioned left-hander Craig Breslow to Class AAA Pawtucket. Hinske, who was acquired Thursday from Toronto, had three doubles in a 12-4 los to the Yankees.

Foulke who finished all four games of Boston's 2004 World Series sweep of the St Louis Cardinals, was placed forward the DL on June 13 with hustle tendinitis.

To make field Jason Johnson was designated for assignment after allowing four trips in 4 innings in Friday's first game.

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