Chicago ? The man who joined his teen-age son in attacking Kansas City Royals coach Tom Gamboa during a game in September apologized in a phone call from jail to a Chicago-area newspaper.

“I regret what happened,” 35-year-old William Ligue Jr. said in Thursday’s editions of the Daily Southtown. He added that he doesn’t remember much from the bizarre episode.

“If I was in my right state of mind, this would never have occurred,” he said. “I am so sorry for Mr. Gamboa. I disgraced Chicago and myself. I apologize with my heart.”

Ligue has been jailed since he and his 15-year-old son were arrested Sept. 19 after running onto the field at Comiskey Park and attacking the Royals’ first-base coach during the ninth inning of a game.

Ligue is being held on $200,000 bond and is scheduled to be in court today for an arraignment.