"Rays manager Joe Maddon said he received a call from Manny Ramirez Friday after Ramirez decided to retire.

"He expressed disappointment in himself to me,'' Maddon said, according to the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times. "He just said he was disappointed, he didn't necessarily apologize. And I wasn't looking for an apology actually. I wasn't. He spoke to me kinda like man to man, person to person, manager to player kind of a thing. So I didn't think he owed me an apology.''

Ramirez retired suddenly Friday after Major League Baseball said it notified him of an "issue" relating to its drug policy."