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Schrieber used his hand to try and guide Ordonez back to the dugout during the game between the Tigers and Twins. "In yesterday's game, after I called Magglio Ordonez out on strikes, I inadvertently placed my hand on his back and ushered him away from home plate so I did not have to eject him for arguing balls and strikes," Schrieber said in a statement. "I should not have placed my hands on him, period. For doing so, I apologize to both Magglio Ordonez and the Detroit Tigers." Detroit manager Jim Leyland accepted the apology. "I want to defend the umpire in a sense that he did not do it with any intentional, physically really, challenge of the player or anything like that," Leyland said. "I have no problem with that umpire. I do have a problem with what he did. You can't do it. But it wasn't something that was a violent gesture. I think he was just saying, 'Hey, that's it. Get out of here.' " |
Umpire Paul Schrieber has issued an apology for placing his hand on Magglio Ordonez's back during Wednesday night's game.