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Mike Schmidt apologizes to Odubel Herrera for "language barrier" comments

I don’t know if you heard about this, but there was a bit of a kerfuffle this morning.

Mike Schmidt offered a squirrelly response to a question in a radio interview about the potential of the Phillies using Odubel Herrera as a centerpiece and building around him in the future. Schmidt said no, citing several actual reasons for thinking so, and then also an additional reason:

"First of all, it’s a language barrier. Because of that, I think he can’t be a guy that would sort of sit in a circle with four, five American players and talk about the game.