Yankees and Sox Fans Have Their Day in Court

The endless nonsense between Yankees and Red Sox fans continues. Murder, mayhem, and this bit of news that we had to laugh at. A judge in Gloucester, Mass ordered a Red Sox fan to pay a Yankes fan over $25,000 after the Yankees fan punched the Red Sox fan in the mouth. You read that correctly.

The two combatants were watching a game in a bar in Carlsbad, CA two years (Maybe we need fan only bars.) when first an argument, and then a fight, broke out. Imagine that.

Red Sox fan David Sanborn, not to be confused with the jazz great, got punched in the mouth by Yankees fan Mario Melendez, breaking some of Sanborn's teeth and Melendez's hand.

Melendez is a professional bongo player- you can get paid for that?- and because he lost time and wages due to the injury, he took Doug Llewelyn's advice and took Sanborn to court. A jury awarded Melendez $15,297 and $10,000 in punitive damages after they agreed that Melendez had thrown the punch in self defense.

There was no truth to the rumor that Melendez wanted to play bongos in the nude with Matthew McConaughey.

Source: WCVB in Boston

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I'll Sue You

UPDATE - 1/14 10:00 am - Okay, we're thoroughly red-faced and embarrassed right now - no, no one got a hold of a sex tape - the lawsuit is for $221. Either the UPI misreported the story yesterday or we need new glasses. Thank you for the 2 readers who pointed it out!

The steroid debacle just took another crazy turn. Americans are litigious by nature, so its only natural that someone would file a lawsuit against major league baseball. Or in this case, the Yankees.

Matthew Mitchell (no relation to George Mitchell that we know of) has filed a $221 million lawsuit against the Yankees for using steroids and human growth hormones. The 30-yr old paralegal must figure the court system doesn't have more pressing issues, so why not tie it up with some more ridiculous suits.

"I look at it almost as a consumer fraud," Mitchell said about the use of performance-enhancing drugs in the major leagues. "If I'm going to watch a baseball game, then I expect it to be real."

Mitchell wants the money back that he paid for tickets for 5 games he attended from 2002-2007. $221 million? Some scalper must have made a fortune off of him.

UPI

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