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UNHWildCats
January 13th, 2008, 11:25 AM
A longtime baseball fan is suing the New York Yankees over some players' reported use of performance-enhancing drugs, saying he wants repayment for $221 in tickets and a public response from his once-beloved team.

"I look at it almost as consumer fraud," said Matthew Mitchell, 30, a Brooklyn resident who said he went to his first game at Yankee Stadium in 1984. "If I'm going to watch a baseball game, then I expect it to be the real thing."

The Yankees declined to comment.

The paralegal filed his lawsuit in small claims court in Brooklyn last week, less than a month after former U.S. Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell released a report linking 85 Major League Baseball players -- including 20 current and former Yankees -- to illegal use of steroids and other performance-enhancing formulations.


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,322415,00.html

OB55
January 13th, 2008, 11:52 AM
Who would have ever thunk of such a thing. xrolleyesx

GannonFan
January 13th, 2008, 03:38 PM
Stupid thing to do - where on the ticket does it imply you'll see a good game or a game without players on steroids? The type of case that should be tossed out in seconds.

UNHWildCats
January 13th, 2008, 03:54 PM
New Yorkers are sue happy :p

chantster
January 13th, 2008, 04:30 PM
Is this the same guy who was wheelin his dead buddy down the street to cash his check??

stevdock
January 13th, 2008, 07:43 PM
Good luck with this one. I know you can't do this but it would be interesting to see if owners could recoup money from players who admitted to this.