HBT: Lawrie appeals, not really sorry for 'bad hop'

There?s a side to Brett Lawrie?s story.

That?s what he said after appealing the four-game suspension handed down by MLB on Wednesday. Lawrie, of course, spiked and hit umpire Bill Miller with his helmet during Tuesday?s game.

And he?s not really sorry about it.

?The only thing I regret is the helmet hitting him,? Lawrie said. ?I never meant to do that and it shows. I threw it off the ground, it took a bad hop and it hit him totally by accident. I never meant to throw it at him. As that?s coming across, it seems like a lot of people are saying that I threw it at him, I never threw it at him. I never had any intentions of hurting anybody. I was just frustrated at the play at the time and that?s baseball for you.?

Of course, the bad hop comment is ridiculous. Whether Lawrie meant to hit him or not, the helmet bounced exactly the way it should have given the way he threw it. Lawrie probably didn?t intend to hurt anyone, but he was out of control and nothing so far suggests that he?s learned anything from it.

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