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Detroit Tigers outfielder Delmon Young apologizes after arrest on harassment charge

April 27, 2012 |Colleen Long, The Associated Press

FILE - In this April 12, 2012, file photo, Detroit Tigers' Delmon Young bats against the Tampa Bay Rays during a baseball game in Detroit. Young has been arrested on a hate crime assault charge after police say he attacked a group of men and yelled anti-Semitic epithets in New York. He was first hospitalized because he was believed to be intoxicated, police said, but he was believed to be at a police precinct. A call to the team and a message sent to his agent weren't immediately returned Friday, April 27. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson, File)

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Detroit Tigers left fielder Delmon Young has apologized following his arrest on a hate crime harassment charge.

Police say Young got into a fight with a group of men early Friday outside the team's midtown Manhattan hotel and yelled anti-Semitic epithets.

Young says in a statement "I sincerely regret what happened last night." He apologizes to the Tigers owners and organization, his teammates, family and Detroit fans.

Young adds, "I take this matter very seriously and assure everyone that I will do everything I can to improve myself as a person and player."

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