Delmon told a television cameraman who tried to put a wireless microphone on his shirt "whoa, don't touch me."
He chastized a TV reporter whose microphone cord touched his knee with a "would you stop touching my leg," and brushed off a follow-up from a local print reporter with a dismissive "next question, please."
Young even waved off answering questions from a television reporter for the Bulls' own Web-based telecast .
More shocking, though, was that he took the media to task for not understanding the pressures that today's highly-paid professional athletes and entertainers face.
With no souvenir crying towels to accompany the slam, it undermined the larger message which the D-Rays and the Bulls wanted him to get out: That he understood that hitting umpire Rick Cacciatore with a thrown bat at a game in Pawtucket, R.I., on April 26th falls outside of the normal response that professional athletes employ to vent their frustrations with officiating.
He stepped up to the microphones and delivered the team’s message.
"I learned my lesson as soon as I did it," Young said. "I knew it was going to be a big deal when other athletes get in trouble for minor things. Mine was a major thing, so I knew it was going to be across the papers and (TV) news.”
Then he delivered his own.
“You can judge me how you want to judge me, but I'm going to come out and live my own life."
Time Out Coming Out
Young was in the lineup Monday for the Bulls' doubleheader that included a rain delayed game that began April 22 game against the Charlotte (N.C.) Knights.
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