SEATTLE (AP) 鈥� One day after Caleb Ferguson was caught on camera yelling at umpire Bill Miller and appearing to use profanity, the Cincinnati Reds lefty apologized.
Before Tuesday night鈥檚 game against the Seattle Mariners, Ferguson said it was 鈥渦nprofessional鈥� for him to express his frustrations toward Miller the way he did. Miller got in the way of Reds second baseman Edwin Arroyo on a single by Victor Robles, shortly after . The Mariners won 8-0.
When asked about the play after Monday night鈥檚 game, Ferguson said, 鈥淵ou have to ask Bill,鈥� referring to the umpire, and walked away. Various social media accounts posted videos that made it clear Ferguson was insulting Miller.
鈥淎s long as I鈥檝e been in this game, I don鈥檛 think you鈥檒l find a clip of me going at an umpire like that,鈥� Ferguson said Tuesday. 鈥淚鈥檒l wear that on the chest, seek Bill out and definitely make it right with him. Very unprofessional on my part. I鈥檝e got to be better.鈥�
After Monday鈥檚 game, Reds manager Terry Francona was asked about Miller鈥檚 positioning on the field and said questions should be directed to Miller.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 know,鈥� Francona said. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 ever look up and think, well, where should an umpire be? That鈥檚 on them. It鈥檚 discouraging that it happened.鈥�
A day later, Ferguson was more measured. He said he wished he’d seen the videos earlier and that he’d apologized to Miller sooner than he did.
鈥淚t鈥檚 just a very unprofessional thing on my part,鈥� Ferguson said. 鈥淚 know these things happen within the game. But I don鈥檛 like that I was kind of the centerpiece of this.鈥�
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