Terry Francona says video showing him extending a middle finger to a camera during Game 3 of the ALCS on Monday night was a "nervous habit" and not intentional.

"God, I was so embarrassed when I heard that or when somebody asked me that after the game," Francona said on ESPN's Mike & Mike. "I think I have a nervous habit of kind of picking my face a little bit.

"I would never do that [intentionally]," he said, before adding, "My goodness, I mean maybe in the clubhouse, but not out there."

During the TBS telecast, a camera captured Francona in the dugout in the first inning. Francona looked at the camera as it zoomed in. He held up his right hand, middle finger extended, and brushed it under his right eye.