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NEW YORK, N.Y. - The Detroit Tigers placed outfielder Delmon Young on the restricted list Saturday and said he would be evaluated under baseballs employee assistance program following his arrest on a hate crime harassment charge for an encounter at his hotel during which police say he yelled anti-Semitic epithets. Young was arraigned Friday and posted a $5,000 bond at a brief hearing in Manhattan court. He faces a misdemeanour aggravated harassment charge. If convicted, he could face up to a year in jail. Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski said he expects Young to return to the lineup if he is cleared by the evaluation. That could happen as soon as Monday, he said. Dombrowski would not say if the Tigers were considering any punishment of their own. "Hes accused of a misdemeanour," Dombrowski said. "If hes cleared to play, he will play." Dombrowski said that Young was "extremely remorseful, extremely apologetic" about the events of early Friday morning. Around 2:30 a.m., Young was standing outside the Hilton New York. Nearby, a group of about four Chicago tourists staying at the hotel were approached by a panhandler wearing a yarmulke and a Star of David around his neck, according to police. Afterward, as the group walked up to the hotel doors, Young started yelling anti-Semitic epithets, police said. It was not clear whom Young was yelling at, but he got into a tussle with the Chicago group, and a 32-year-old man was tackled and sustained scratches to his elbows, according to police and the criminal complaint. Both Young and the group went inside the hotel, and at some point, police were called, and Young was arrested, police said. Young was first taken to a hospital because he was believed to be intoxicated, police said. Defence attorney Daniel J. Ollen said accounts of the fight have varied. He said there was video, which he hasnt seen, that showed someone in the other group of people said something to Young before the scuffle. "I do know that he was in a skirmish, I do know that. Beyond that, I dont know anything else," Dombrowski said. "If the allegations are true, they concern me." Dombrowski said that "some of the things that were written are inaccurate," but said he couldnt say what, specifically, was wrong. Peterson Jersey . The idea is to use the Oilers and Flames brands and expand a digital lottery game called Keno into 1,000 bars and pubs across the province. Much of the proceeds would help pay for the new facilities. Peterson Womens Jersey . Lansford served two seasons under Tracy and the Rockies batted .274 this season, tops in the National League but they hit just .241 on the road as they finished 64-98, worst in franchise history. Dauer spent four years as the Rockies bench coach and seven seasons in the organization overall. http://www.azulvirtual.org/new.html . Wilhelmsen retired Albert Pujols and Mark Trumbo with the tying runs on second and third in the eighth inning and Seattle went on to beat the Los Angeles Angels 8-6 Monday night. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Former boxing champion Johnny Tapia died from heart disease and high blood pressure and not from a drug overdose, his widow said Wednesday. Speaking during a press conference at the late boxers Albuquerque gym, Teresa Tapia said that an autopsy report showed that the death was accidental and was a result of heart problems and the onset of Hepatitis C, likely from the many tattoos the boxer had. Teresa Tapia shared the newly released autopsy report with reporters at a press conference and said she was doing it to dispel the myth that her husband, who had struggled with cocaine abuse in the past, died in May after using illegal drugs. "This (report) shows that he did not die of a drug overdose," Teresa Tapia said. "It doesnt make the pain go away, but I felt I needed to say that." Investigators found one Hydrocodone tablet, a painkiller, on the floor beside his body. They said there were no indications of an overdose or alcohol use, but that the 45-year-old former fighter likely developed medical complications from past illegal drug use. Teresa Tapia said her husband was taking medication for his bipolar disorder and for his high blood pressure. Sam Kassicieh, the boxers former persoonal physician and friend, said after reading the report he believe that Johnny Tapias use of illegal drugs probably played a role in his death, but that it was not the sole reason.dddddddddddd Ask if there was anything Johnny Tapia could have done to prevent his death, Kassicieh said no. "His blood pressure was under control," said Kassicieh, who saw Johnny Tapia four days before his death. "Nothing could have been done." Johnny Tapia won several championships in three weight classes, winning the WBA bantamweight title, the IBF and WBO junior bantamweight titles and the IBF featherweight belt. But his life was also marked by tragedy. He was orphaned at 8, his mother stabbed 26 times with a screwdriver and left to die. During his professional career, he was banned from boxing for 3 1/2 years in the early 90s because of his cocaine addiction. And in 2007, he was hospitalized after an apparent cocaine overdose. Teresa Tapia said she believed that not only had his past drug abuse caught up to him but also the pressures of his hard life. "I think his heart was so big, it just stopped," she said. She said a documentary and a feature film about Johnny Tapias life are in the works. ' ' '