Edited sentence: " After Grant and Vasgersian were unsuccessful in attempts to either conclude the interview or return Sutcliffe's comments to the topic of the baseball game, the production crew was forced to abruptly cut off Sutcliffe's microphone." On May 11th, Sutcliffe issued an apology through ESPN.After a time, Sutcliffe's comments became meandering and nonsensical, with his words sounding slurred.Craig Nichols, general manager of Channel 4 called the incident "embarrassing" for both the broadcasters and the viewers.He criticized Sutcliffe as having “used remarkably poor judgment.He did, however, acknowledge that he had not been "in optimum condition to go on live television" and said that he regretted his "lapse in judgment" in having done so.In his statement, he denied having driven under the influence of alcohol during the evening, but neither directly confirmed nor denied that he had been inebriated at the time of his interview.Initially unaware of Sutcliffe's condition, Padres broadcasters Matt Vasgersian and Mark Grant welcomed Sutcliffe into the broadcast booth and began an on-air discussion with him.On May 10, 2006, Sutcliffe, while seemingly under the influence of alcohol, unexpectedly entered the Channel 4 San Diego broadcast booth during a game between the San Diego Padres and Milwaukee Brewers.Sutcliffe famously stated in the drunken interview that his daughter was going to Africa with George Clooney to, "solve that thing