Yankees Fan who fell Asleep During Game is Suing is MLB & ESPN For $10 Million for making fun of him
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A disgruntled Yankees fan who was caught sleeping through a recent game against the Boston Red Sox is suing after two announcers poked fun at his slumber on camera.
The New York Post reports Andrew Robert Rector filed a $10 million lawsuit against Major League Baseball, ESPN, and announcers Dan Shulman and John Kruk for allegedly directing a mean-spirited “avalanche of disparaging words” after he fell asleep in the stands during the game April 13.
Rector's oddly worded filing accuses the announcers of painting an inaccurate portrait of him, specifically one of a "fatty cow that need two seats at all time and represent symbol of failure," as he writes in his lawsuit.
The lawsuit also says the comments presented Rector as a "confused individual that neither understands nor knows anything about history and the meaning of rivalry between Red Sox and New York Yankee" and a "socially bankrupt individual."
Rector claims he was subsequently defamed and is now suffering from emotional distress.
The "verbal crusade" in question is posted online by Major League Baseball's official YouTube account:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FDrcWTSczs#t=19
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/07/andrew-robert-rector-_n_5564832.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news&ir=Weird+News
The New York Post reports Andrew Robert Rector filed a $10 million lawsuit against Major League Baseball, ESPN, and announcers Dan Shulman and John Kruk for allegedly directing a mean-spirited “avalanche of disparaging words” after he fell asleep in the stands during the game April 13.
Rector's oddly worded filing accuses the announcers of painting an inaccurate portrait of him, specifically one of a "fatty cow that need two seats at all time and represent symbol of failure," as he writes in his lawsuit.
The lawsuit also says the comments presented Rector as a "confused individual that neither understands nor knows anything about history and the meaning of rivalry between Red Sox and New York Yankee" and a "socially bankrupt individual."
Rector claims he was subsequently defamed and is now suffering from emotional distress.
The "verbal crusade" in question is posted online by Major League Baseball's official YouTube account:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FDrcWTSczs#t=19http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/07/andrew-robert-rector-_n_5564832.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news&ir=Weird+News
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Fat boy just tryna come up
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Get that paper Big Chops..
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Get this sensitive ? out of here with this ? . I wouldn't mind getting that kind of TV time at the game. ? , I was sleep, so what? 10 million dollars, ? out of here lol.
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? i'd fall asleep watching baseball too.
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If I was ESPN I would make that ? go broke just for coming at me with some ? like that.
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? its worth a shot *shrugs*
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Man you can really sue for anything
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I heard the clip, they weren't even making fun of him, really...
It was all just them acknowledging he was asleep by the 4th inning..
He's just embarrassed he's fat and it was put on TV.. -
Hell he might get a settlement, I doubt the MLB or ESPN wanna waste time in court over this
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Proof that baseball is the sport of the boring and lazy fatties
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Read it on Yahoo yesterday Don King was right.
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I ain't mad at him.
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Shizlansky wrote: »If I was ESPN I would make that ? go broke just for coming at me with some ? like that.
You think....he's paying out of pocket? no bro...he was approached by some sharks who saw an opportunity to get paid. -
the cop from the subway video shouldve came & arrested him for sleeping
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he ain't getting nothing on Mike and Mike they ether him on the back of the ticket says sum ? bout cant sue mlb whole bunch of rules
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Woooooooow
I would counter sue, the fat outta that muthafucka -
Only dudes who like baseball are the ones who got cut from every other real sport in high school.
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Lou Cypher wrote: »? i'd fall asleep watching baseball too.
you aint never lied .. last game i went too was like 2 years ago.. a client with my compnay came to town and took us to the game (free ticket got PAID to go instead of work for day) and i was still in that ? like **insert John Wall gif** bruh.. this ? boring as hell, game was damn near 4 hrs long.. smh
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Why did i just find out that that ? Babe Ruth was born in the 1800s tho, thought he was atleast playing in the 1950s
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I heard the clip, they weren't even making fun of him, really...
It was all just them acknowledging he was asleep by the 4th inning..
He's just embarrassed he's fat and it was put on TV..
He suing for the mean internet comments -
Lmao at "avalanche of disparaging words" dude way too sensitive FOH
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BlackAX410 wrote: »Lmao at "avalanche of disparaging words" dude way too sensitive FOH
That's that american lawyer talk -
i once seen on the news how a woman sued mcdonalds because she claimed that they were responsible for turning her into a prostitute
crazy what money do -
i seen somebody sued match.com cuz they couldn't find anybody
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I know someone who sued the bus company b/c it was late for her stop and she missed her job interview
