The now Pittsburgh Pirate Domingo German recently answered some questions for NJ.com and talked about the famous clubhouse incident that took place with The Yankees last season.
He had this to say
“I didn’t drink anything that day,” German said. “I had a few drinks the night before, but I wasn’t incoherent (the next day). I knew exactly what I was doing that day of the game.”
“That was a dark day for me,” German said. “I couldn’t control my temper.”
“It was a really stupid situation,” German said. “Nobody told me that I wasn’t pitching (the night before). I was not informed. It had nothing to do with Marinaccio. I feel bad because I don’t treat my teammates that way. I don’t disrespect anyone. That’s why I got upset. I thought I was being disrespected, being painted in that light.”
“I drink when I want to drink, but I don’t have any problem,” German told NJ.com. “I can go a month or two months without drinking.”
German went to rehab last season, he agreed to go because the Yankees would have withheld $870,000 remaining of his $2.6 million contract.
“I went because the Yankees weren’t going to pay me,” German said. “I was told that I would be there for a month. My wife and family nudged me to go. They reminded me that I needed the money. My family told me, ‘You’re going to come out of here feeling better and you’re going to save your salary.’
