TORONTO (AP) -- Major League Baseball has upheld a 14-game suspension for Toronto Blue Jays hitting coach Brook Jacoby, who insists he was falsely accused and doesn't deserve a penalty he calls ''harsh.''
Jacoby was accused of pinning umpire Doug Eddings against a wall in a dugout tunnel at Fenway Park, putting his forearms up near the ump's neck following Toronto's loss at Boston on April 29.
MLB executive Joe Torre issued the suspension Monday. Jacoby appealed, there was a hearing Friday and the penalty stood.
In a statement released by the Blue Jays, Jacoby said he was ''wrongly accused of contacting an umpire.