Court declines to charge fans in run-in with Yankee

[Kathy in Cambridge]

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/05/05/court_declines_to_charge_fans_in_run_in_with_yankee/

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BOSTON --No criminal charges will be filed against two Boston Red Sox fans who scuffled with New York Yankees outfielder Gary Sheffield. A court dismissed the case Thursday for lack of evidence.

The clerk magistrate said there was no probable cause to charge Christopher House and Matthew Donovan with the misdemeanor disorderly conduct charges sought by Boston police after the April 14 incident at Fenway Park.

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House reached over the 3-foot high fence, and Sheffield said he was struck in the face. Donovan apparently tossed a beer in Sheffield's direction.

Sheffield picked up the ball, pushed House, then threw the ball to the infield. Sheffield turned toward House but did not make contact with him again as a security guard jumped over the wall and stood between them.

House has denied making contact with the New York outfielder.

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Much ado about nothing...

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[mark414]

1. ha

even the courts are biased against the yankees! everyone hates the yankees! poor poor yankees!

[cruadin]

2. I'm a Sox fan, but I would have liked to have seen these guys...

get at least a token fine for disturbing an assembly or disorderly conduct---something to reinforce the message that fans are SPECTATORS, not participants, and if you cross that line it'll cost you.

But, I guess it already has cost them in the loss of season ticket priveleges (for one of them anyway).

[joeybee12]

3. Never saw the incident--could this mean the judge saw the initial

contact as accidental?

[rinsd]

4. Good, losing season tickets and being banned was enough (nt)