Houston, TX (Best E Casino) - The Houston Astros have suspended pitcher Shawn Chacon indefinitely for insubordination to the team, general manager Ed Wade announced on Wednesday.

"We have suspended Shawn Chacon, pending final resolution of whatever ruling we end up making," Wade said.

According to the Houston Chronicle, Chacon -- who recently lost his spot in Houston's starting rotation -- had a violent confrontation with Wade in the Astros clubhouse before Wednesday's game against the Texas Rangers and players had to step in to calm the situation.

"I sat down to eat and Ed Wade came to me and very sternly said, 'you need to come with me to the office,'" Chacon said to the Chronicle. "I said 'for what?' I said 'I dont want to go to the office with you and (Astros manager Cecil) Cooper.' And I said 'You can tell me whatever you got to tell me right here.' Hes like, 'oh, you want me to tell you right here?' And I said, 'yeah.' Im not yelling. Im calm."

According to Chacon, the confronatation turned physical soon afterward.

"He started yelling and cussing," Chacon said to the Chronicle. "I'm sitting there and I said to him very calmly, 'Ed, you need to stop yelling at me.' Then I stood up and said 'you better stop yelling at me.' I stood up. He continued and was basically yelling and stuff and was like, 'You need to (expletive) look in the mirror.' So at that point I lost my cool and I grabbed him by the neck and threw him to the ground. I jumped on top of him because at that point I wanted to beat his (butt). Words were exchanged."

Wade would not comment as to the nature of the incident.

"I'm not getting into any details," he said.

Chacon, who is 2-3 with a 5.04 earned run average in 15 starts this season, was dropped from the rotation on Sunday after allowing six runs against Baltimore on June 19. The 30-year-old right-hander was 0-3 with a 9.35 ERA in June.

"Nobody in here is thrilled that it happened," said Astros first baseman Lance Berkman. "But, you know, this is a sport of high emotion and sometimes things happen that organizations wish wouldn't. And that's why there's vehicles like suspending a player to deal with those situations."

According to the Chronicle, Chacon called the decision to move him to the bullpen "horse (expletive)" and was not used in relief before his suspension.

Chacon signed a one-year, $2 million deal with the Astros in the offseason. The eight-year pro holds a 45-61 record and a 4.99 ERA in 269 games (134 starts) with the Rockies, Yankees, Pirates and Astros.