 As his teammates prepared tonight for their series opener at Yankee Stadium, Tigers outfielder Delmon Young was arraigned in a Manhattan courtroom, accused of a hate crime. Someone in Shanks group called 911 — and the Tigers terror was arrested on charges of aggravated harassment in the second degree, a misdemeanor with a hate-crime element. Just before he was released on a $5,000 bond, Young issued a statement apologizing and saying he wants to “improve myself as a person and player.” 
 
 “I sincerely regret what happened last night,” Young’s statement read, which was released through his attorney, Daniel Ollen, and a New York-based public relations firm. I take this matter very seriously and assure everyone that I will do everything I can to improve myself as a person and player.” 
 
 Tigers brass said: “We need to allow the legal process to take its course. “He has no criminal record,” and “the chance of jail in this case is extremely unlikely.” 
 
 Ollen added that a videotape of the incident shows Shanks groups were the instigators. A short time later, police said Young was sent to a nearby hospital because he was intoxicated. Young directed his rage on four men who were in town for a bachelor party when he saw them talking to a yarmulke-and-Star of David-wearing pan handler outside the Hilton Hotel on Sixth Avenue at 2:40 a.m. In the off-season, the Tigers signed Young to a one-year contract worth $6.75 million. This is just the latest trouble for the hot-tempered Young, an outfielder who was suspended for 50 games in 2006 in the minors for chucking a bat at an umpire. A former Twin, Young joined the Tigers last last season and homered in his first playoff at bat for the team in last year’s ALDS against the Yankees.
– An outfielder for the Detroit Tigers was arrested in New York City early this morning and could be charged with a misdemeanor hate crime. Delmon Young, 26, was involved in the incident outside his hotel around 2:30am. The New York Post reports that a panhandler wearing a yarmulke was asking a group of people for change when Young, who was standing nearby, started yelling, "F--king Jews! F--king Jews!" Another group of friends reportedly confronted Young and a fight ensued. Young allegedly scratched one of the men in the face and shoved him to the ground during the scuffle, which spilled into the lobby of the Hilton Hotel in midtown. The man then called 911. The Post's sources described Young, who has a one-year contract with the Tigers for $6.75 million, as "highly intoxicated." He faces a charge for an “aggravated harassment hate crime,” said a detective, reports the Detroit Free Press. “Basically, there was an incident at the hotel (and) some anti-Semitic remarks."