Tigers OF Delmon Young apologizes; lawyer about to post bond

Tigers OF Delmon Young apologizes; lawyer about to post bond

LV outlet uk Zoom Tigers leftfielder Delmon Young, left, exits Manhattan criminal court after posting bail Friday, April 27, 2012, in New York. Young was arrested Friday on a hate-crime harassment charge after police said he got into a fight with a group of men and yelled anti-Semitic epithets. / AP Zoom Detroit Tigers leftfielder Delmon Young is led out of the Midtown North precinct house of New York Police and into a squad car late this morning, Friday, April 27, 2012. / Matthew Miller/Special to the Free PressNew Yorker grabs a photo of Young under arrest From inside his fourth-floor apartment across the Midtown North police precinct, New Yorker Matt Miller noticed a knot of photographers and reporters gathering on the street this morning.The unemployed English teacher grabbed a Canon digital, and began shooting as Young emerged about 11 a.m., said Miller, 42. Formerly a Royals fan, he said he had to ask about the man escorted by uniformed officers.His fiancé is from Michigan, Miller said. Her brother is a Tigers fan. “I thought she might be impressed,” Miller said, chuckling.Tigers outfielder Delmon Young -- arrested in New York early this morning after a confrontation outside a Manhattan hotel -- has released a statement, apologizing and saying he wants to “improve myself as a person and player.” Just after 6 p.m., his attorney, Daniel Ollen, said he was about to post a $5,000 bond and Young would be released on a charge of aggravated harassment in the second degree.

LV uk sale "I sincerely regret what happened last night,” read Young's statement, released through his attorney and a New York-based public relations firm.“I apologize to everyone I affected, the Ilitch family, the Detroit Tigers' organization, my teammates, my family, and the great Tigers' fans that have supported me since day one.” It continued: “I take this matter very seriously and assure everyone that I will do everything I can to improve myself as a person and player." Young's statement did not specifically address the allegations.Young, 26, is accused of being intoxicated and yelling an anti-Semitic remark during a physical confrontation with a small group of men outside the Hilton New York along 6th Avenue, said Det. Joseph Cavitolo, a New York police spokesman, earlier today. Cavitolo told the Free Press the confrontation began about 2:30 a.m. “Basically, there was an incident at the hotel (and) some anti-Semitic remarks,” the police spokesman said Early this afternoon, the Tigers released a statement, saying it is club policy not to comment on pending legal matters. Any allegation involving alcohol is referred to Major League Baseball's Employee Assistance Program.The Tigers said manager Jim Leyland will not address the situation. He is deferring questions to general manager Dave Dombrowski."We are looking into the situation, but because it is a police matter, we cannot comment further," Pat Courtney, spokesman for Major League Baseball, told the Free Press.

LV replica uk Young is not in the lineup for tonight's game against the Yankees.It was unclear what triggered the incident at the Hilton New York, though it began with a group of four men and a panhandler wearing a yarmulke.“They have a discussion, and the panhandler leaves,” Cavitolo said.Words were then exchanged between Young and the men, and a physical confrontation ensued, Cavitolo said. He declined to reveal what Young is accused of saying.Young, 26, then followed one of the men into the hotel’s lobby, continuing the dispute, Cavitolo said.Called to the scene, police interviewed the victim, and Young was sent to the hospital. It was unclear whether the victim was Jewish, Cavitolo said.The victim, described as a 32-year-old male, was “knocked to the ground, and an arrest” was made outside the Hilton New York. He suffered an elbow injury and refused medical attention, Cavitolo said.Intoxicated at the time of his arrest, Young was taken to a local hospital after the incident, Cavitolo said. Other recent alcohol-related incidents for the Tigers The Tigers traveled to New York on Thursday night, after a 1-6 home stand. They acquired Young, 26, from Minnesota on Aug. 15 in their push to win the American League Central. The deal sent minor leaguer Cole Nelson and a player to named (another minor leaguer, Lester Oliveros) to the Twins. Young played leftfield for the Tigers, homered in his first at-bat and helped boost the offense down the stretch as the Tigers won their first division title since 1987. In 40 games, he drove in 32 runs and hit eight home runs. In the playoffs, he added five more homers.

cheap lv bags sale In the off-season, the Tigers signed Young to a one-year contract worth $6.75 million. He will be a free agent after this season.Tigers president and general manager Dave Dombrowski said after the 2011 season: “It’s not a priority” to try to sign Young to a multiyear deal during the off-season. “We want him to be with us (longer) and get a feel for him. He only joined us for a short time. We would rather have him be with us and go from there.” Young drove in 112 runs for the Twins in 2010, with 21 homers and a .298 average, but he had only 32 RBIs in 84 games in 2011 before he was traded to the Tigers.So far this season, Young has batted fifth, behind superstars Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder. Like most of his teammates, Young has struggled at the plate in recent weeks. He is hitting .242 with only one homer and five RBIs in 18 games. He went a combined 0-for-10 with two walks in his last three games, all losses to the Seattle Mariners. Young, a right-handed hitter born in Montgomery, Ala., was the No. 1 pick in the 2003 draft, selected by Tampa Bay. He received notoriety for an April 2006 incident in the minor leagues. After a called third strike, he whipped his bat and hit the umpire on the arm. He was suspended 50 games.Young’s older brother, Dmitri, played five seasons for the Tigers. The club let him go less than a month before it made the playoffs in 2006.

cheap lv shoes sale Hilton New York a frequent spot for sports teams The Hilton New York on 6th Avenue -- also known as the Avenue of the Americas -- is a favorite spot for professional sports teams. The Tigers are booked there for their weekend series. Only five blocks north of Times Square, the hotel is one of the city's largest. By day, it bustles with tourists and the business activity of Midtown. By night, it is home to dozens of sidewalk food vendors, many of them selling chicken kabobs and Halal food. One vendor, who wanted to remain nameless, said that, on most nights, say between 2:30-3 a.m., especially from Thursday to Saturday, drunken patrons spill from nearby bars and pubs and queue up at the trucks, looking for something hot and spicy. The food vendors set up on both sides of 6th Avenue at 52nd Street, just across from the hotel entrance. Contact Robin Erb: 313-222-2708 or rerb@freepress.com. Sports writer Shawn Windsor and staff writer Tammy Stables Battaglia contributed to this report.Spain’s unemployment rate spiked to nearly 25 percent in the first months of the year, the government reported Friday, highlighting the risks facing Europe’s fifth largest economy as officials struggle to avoid the need for a massive international bailout.Spanish unemployment jumped more than 1.5 percentage points with the economy hemorrhaging jobs across the board. Nearly 366,000 positions were lost in services, construction, manufacturing and agriculture.Grassley to lift block on FCC nominees over LightSquared

cheap lv wallets sale Officials in Madrid warned of a potential economic calamity. Though Spain has had similar bouts of high unemployment in its recent history, analysts said they foresee no quick turnaround this time, and national statistics indicated that the number of families with no one employed jumped 10 percent.“The figures are terrible for everyone and terrible for the government,” Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo said in Madrid, according to Associated Press reports. “Spain is in a crisis of enormous magnitude.”Spain has recently moved to the center of the financial crisis that has rocked Europe in the past two years. The deepening of Spain’s economic problems raises new doubts about whether the government can keep its deficit in check and persuade global investors to continue lending it money vital for avoiding a national default.A bailout of Spain would stretch the capacity of the International Monetary Fund and European emergency programs, and perhaps irreparably shake confidence in the euro region’s ability to survive.Spain’s worsening problems come as Europe faces a potential political fracture that could jeopardize efforts to contain the region’s debt crisis. Collaboration between the leaders of Germany and France has been critical to the progress the euro region has made in addressing its economic problems, but that could change if upcoming French elections put socialist challenger Francois Hollande in office.The unemployment figures were the second piece of bad news for Spain. The Standard and Poor’s rating firm late Thursday downgraded the Spanish government’s credit standing by two levels, potentially making it more expensive for the country to borrow money on its own.

cheap lv belts sale Spain needs to borrow about $800 billion over the next three years to finance budget deficits and maturing loans.Successive downgrades and rising interest rates have previously pushed Greece, Ireland and Portugal to seek loans from the IMF. S&P warned that it saw problems ahead as the Spanish government copes with a recession and a banking sector that may need more taxpayer help.Although Spain has minded its public debts better than many European countries, the possible need for a public bank rescue could reverse that situation quickly. In Ireland, money borrowed to rescue banks overwhelmed the government budget and forced the country into the arms of the IMF.“We think risks are rising to fiscal performance and flexibility and to the sovereign debt burden,” S&P analysts wrote in cutting Spain’s credit rating. While crediting the government of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy with taking steps to trim deficits and revive growth, the agency forecast at least two more years of recession and said it did not think recent reforms would generate jobs “in the near term.”In an interview in Spain with Bloomberg News, Economy Minister Luis De Guindos said he was confident changes in economic policy would pay off, and that the government would keep its deficit-cutting plan on track. Spain’s government has been adamant it will not need international help, and has pointed to its rising exports and recent labor market reforms as signs of strength.The country does not need “any sort of fiscal boost or stimulus,” De Guindos said.But the dynamic at work in Spain — and throughout much of the euro zone — is troubling.Government austerity programs are pulling tens of billions of dollars from the economy at the same time as banks tighten credit standards to strengthen their own health. Meanwhile, households are struggling with stagnant incomes, rising unemployment and — in Spain — the collapse of a real estate bubble. Home prices are still dropping in the country and the number of bad mortgage loans is an increasing burden on local banks.