Player Feels Need To Clarify Comments After They're Received Poorly

MIAMI, FL—Upon learning that his post-game comments were reported in a manner that portrayed him as uncaring, selfish, and possibly insensitive, Marlins second-baseman Dan Uggla issued an immediate apology, saying “it was never my intention for these remarks to be met with an unfavorable response.” “It is with great sorrow that I amend my previous statement with a heretofore nonexistent context in such a way that shifts the blame from myself to the reporter, whom I will now forgive in a magnanimous show of sportsmanship,” Uggla said in a somber press conference Tuesday, during which he frowned and shook his head multiple times to convey remorse and understanding. “Also, I did not realize those particular words are offensive to that particular race of people, and I certainly didn’t know that they meant that.” Uggla is expected to further clarify certain comments made during his apology in a press conference tomorrow.