We wrote on Wednesday about the Phillies fan who says he was kicked out of Fenway Park at the behest of manager Gabe Kapler.

Long story short, Eric Rohlfing says he approached the third base gate in the third inning on Monday night and yelled “Odubel, wake up!” after Odubel Herrera committed that goofy mistake on the base paths, resulting in a double play.

Rohlfing says security approached him and explained that the manager wanted him removed from the game. The Phillies, in a statement, confirmed that the request came from their dugout – but not Kapler specifically – and explained that the intention was to move Rohlfing and his fiance from the third base area and not the stadium entirely.

Rohlfing told his story on the 94 WIP morning show on Tuesday and Wednesday morning, and today host Angelo Cataldi asked Kapler about the incident on his weekly call with the manager:

Kapler: The first I heard that there was a fan ejected, at all, was the morning after the incident. I certainly didn’t say anything to security, nor would I. I was sort of focused on the game, to be honest with you. I think you and Philly now know that we are not a thin-skinned club. We’ve endured a lot. Especially in a place like Fenway, it’s loud. There are lots of fans screaming constantly. Most of the time, no individual word of phrase, like, let’s say, “wake up Odubel,” is going to get through. But we support our fans coming to see us on the road. We don’t have any problems with them being passionate and caring fans.”

Cataldi: You know, it’s amazing, that’s exactly what people said when (Eric called the program). They went, “what the hell? Kapler’s not paying attention to the game? He’s worried about a fan?” And you said you were paying attention to the game. Right? That’s what you said.

Kapler: Right, (inaudible), the other thing is, how do you call security? You can’t call security. There’s no phone to get to security. I don’t understand it, but you know what, I get it at this point.

Now you’ve got both sides of the story.

I spoke with Rohlfing last night and he reiterated to me what he told Cataldi and Joe Santoliquito at Philly Voice – that security folks at Fenway say the order came from the Phillies’ manager. He insists that he did not use foul language or go overboard with his behavior, and that he simply said, “Odubel, wake up!” He’s been in contact with the Red Sox, who offered him tickets to the Tuesday night game that he was unable to accept due to having other plans already booked:

From the Voice article:

On Tuesday, Mark Cacciatore, Red Sox assistant director of security, personally called Rohlfing to apologize and admit that the Red Sox security team made a mistake and it was a miscommunication. The Red Sox offered Rohlfing and his fiancé two tickets to Tuesday’s Red Sox-Phillies game on top of the green monster, which cost about $500 each, but Rohlfing refused, though left the offer open for a future date.

The Phillies confirmed, through a team spokesperson, that the request for Rohlfing’s removal did come from the Phillies’ dugout, but it was intended to remove Rohlfing from the area where he was standing — not from the ballpark. The Phillies also refute that the order came from Kapler.

So there you have it. The Phillies confirm the order came from the dugout, but Kapler says he wasn’t involved. Rohlfing believes he was. The Red Sox say they made a mistake and tried to make it up to him, so maybe the latter two involved parties can come to an amicable future solution.

Time’s yours.