Francisco Lindor taunted the Yankees about whistling from dugout during 3-homer game

Oh boy.

The Subway Series at Citi Field ended with wild Sunday night game that included some trash talk over … whistling.

Given the sign-stealing controversies we’ve seen in recent years, however, it’s not that crazy to hear teams getting accused of doing something to tell hitters what’s coming.

But the New York Yankees denied any wrongdoing.

We’ll break the whole thing down anyway: as Lindor rounded the bases during the second of his THREE home runs on Sunday, he mimed whistling at the Yankees. The explanation? He thought the Yankees where whistling during Taijuan Walker’s start on Saturday, perhaps to indicate what Walker was about to throw.

When Giancarlo Stanton hit a game-tying homer later on, he stopped to talk some smack to Lindor, which ignited a little face-to-face meeting between players from both sides:

After the game, Lindor didn’t go all the way to accuse the Yanks of sign-stealing, but …

Yankees players said the whistling wasn’t related to pitches:

Let’s end all of this with Lindor’s third home run on the night that was the game-winner:

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