Bumgarner addresses umpire's apology

PHOENIX -- One day after Major League umpire Dan Bellino issued an apology for his conduct in Wednesday's D-backs-Marlins game, Arizona left-hander Madison Bumgarner was ready to move on.

After the first inning Wednesday, Bumgarner was walking toward the D-backs' dugout when Bellino, who was umpiring at first base, came over to check Bumgarner's hand for sticky substances.

Bellino held Bumgarner's hand for a longer-than-typical check and never once looked at the hand, instead staring at Bumgarner's face. Finally, Bellino let go of Bumgarner's hand and the pitcher said some words to the umpire that resulted in an ejection.

“I would like to address my actions on May 4 involving Madison Bumgarner," Bellino said in a statement released Friday. "When I began my MLB career almost 15 years ago, I received some good advice. I was told to umpire every game as if my children were sitting in the front row. I fell short of those expectations this week. While I can’t go back and change what happened, I take full accountability. I will learn from this incident, and I sincerely apologize.”

Bumgarner was asked Saturday before the D-backs' 4-1 loss to the Rockies for his reaction to Bellino's apology.

"Reaction?" Bumgarner said. "There's not much of one from me, I guess. It wasn't directed at me. I don't need an apology."

Bumgarner said he felt bad for D-backs right-hander Corbin Martin, who came on in relief in that game. Martin threw four innings and was then optioned to Triple-A Reno after the contest because Arizona needed a fresh arm in the bullpen.

"Corbin Martin needs an apology," Bumgarner said. "Now he's in Triple-A, so that affected him in a much bigger way than it affected me, and then maybe the chance of that happening to somebody else. You know, what if I had some kind of incentive-based contract? And now I come up two or three innings short. What if I was an arbitration-eligible guy that comes up two or three innings short of the ERA title?

"There's a million different scenarios that don't affect me other than just missing those innings. But if this type of thing were to happen again to somebody else, it could possibly affect them in a much worse way."