WTF? Police may bring criminal charges against the Yanks?

[FlashHarry]

Edited for clarity.

[Paragon]

1. No no...

A Sox groundskeeper celebrated in the Yankee bullpen and a couple of relievers cleated him. "Allegedly"s all around.

[FlashHarry]

2. No, it's a different incident.

Apparently a Sox player was taken to the hospital after being hit cleats-first by a Yankees player. I missed the play.

[Paragon]

3. Oh.

No idea. I did see the Zim-monster wheeled out on a gurnee to a hospital for observation, though.

[Shakespeare]

5. That would be Walker....

Martinez grazed Garcia with a pitch, and Garcia slid into first to intentionally hit Walker.

edited for clarity

[FlashHarry]

12. So, is this the 'assault?' or is it the bullpen incident?

I'm confused. I saw the announcement on TV, which made it seem like the intentional cleating.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

13. My nephew said that Nelson mistaked a Fenway employee for a fan

and they exchanged verbal 'niceties', and all hell broke loose.

Just to put the fight in perspective, Jeff Nelson is 6'8" and 235 lbs. Karim probably didn't have to rush to Jeff's defense.

[Shakespeare]

15. hmmm....I'm talking about the incident at first base...

I think the cleating incident is Garcia sliding into Walker (and nor the subject of criminal charges), but the possible assault charges refer to the NY players who went after the Fenway employee.

[SiobhanClancy]

4. Here's a link

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs2003/news/story?id=1636123

[FlashHarry]

6. Huh. So maybe it was the bullpen brouhaha.

The newsflash on TV made it seem like it was an incident during gameplay.

[Fixated]

7. .....

This is what teams do when they can't handle the overwhelming skillz of the Yaaaaaaaankeeeeeeeees.

[FlashHarry]

8. It ain't over yet!

The Sox will wait till game 7 to blow it on an error!

[SiobhanClancy]

9. LOL...it figures

It's the police department doing it,not the team.

[JohnKleeb]

11. yea besides

I am trying to get the Salem Witches to curse the Yankees lol :evilgrin:

[JohnKleeb]

10. This is the boston police not the red sox

[Blitz]

14. Boston police also announced that they wanted to hold

Jeter and Giambi and Mussina and Wells and Petitte and Williams and Rivera for, um ... questioning ... and suspicion of littering ... yeah, that's the ticket!! Just for a couple of days.

[opiate69]

16. Funny....

And some people here in Seattle thought the Nelson/Benitez trade was a bad thing... LOL..