CLEVELAND -- Bob Watson, the Major League Baseball official in charge of on-field discipline, confirmed Saturday he will review video of Friday's brawl between the Tigers and Cleveland Indians.

Watson said in a telephone interview he could reach a decision as early as today, but he would more likely arrive at a resolution Monday. As of Saturday afternoon, he had not received video of the incident.

"There is a process that we need to go through," he said.

The fight began after Fausto Carmona hit Gary Sheffield with an 0-1 fastball in the seventh inning. Carmona's next throw was a pickoff to first base. After a brief exchange of words and gestures, Sheffield charged the mound.

A suspension would present Sheffield with a dilemma: If he accepts it, he would lose opportunities to hit his 500th career home run before the end of this season. If he appeals it, he would risk missing games at the beginning of next season and jeopardize his streak of 20 consecutive Opening Day starts.

Sheffield was booed loudly as he stepped to the plate for each of his at-bats Saturday. He rapped a double down the line in the first inning, singled in the eighth and finished 2-for-4.

Sheffield said afterward that the booing "gives me excitement."

In Saturday's editions of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland catcher Victor Martinez was quoted as saying, "He didn't say nothing going down to first base. If he wants to do something, then charge right there. He just walked to first base with that attitude. Who is he? Shut your mouth and keep playing the game."

When told of Martinez's remarks on Saturday, Sheffield replied, "Who am I? Tell him to check the stats. How many years he have? He's going to learn respect. Somebody will teach him respect. Trust me. ... He ain't done nothing in this game. Anybody can have a couple years. Do it for 20 years, and then come talk to me."

Sheffield, 39, has hit 497 career home runs and is a nine-time All-Star. Martinez, 29, finished seventh last year in voting for the American League Most Valuable Player Award. He is a two-time All-Star.

Martinez, who did not play Saturday, said Carmona did not intend to hit Sheffield. He told the newspaper, "If we really wanted to get him, we could get him better than that."

Sheffield said Martinez's comments show that "these young players don't get it."

"You've got some catcher, who ain't done nothing in this game, chirping like he's something special," Sheffield said. "You don't have the respect. You never heard, when we was younger, talk about veteran players. That's a no-no.

"You need to watch your mouth. He don't know who he's dealing with."

Sheffield watched replays of the incident and noted that second baseman Asdrubal Cabrera hit him in the back of the head. "Don't worry about it: He'll get taken care of," Sheffield said. "You take a cheap shot at me, I'll never forget it. I'll never forget it, to the day I die. That's the way it's going to be."