On this day in 2014 the New York Yankees were playing as a part of ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball and one fan was caught sleeping live on national television. Andrew Rector filed a $10 million defamation suit in the Bronx Supreme Court against the New York Yankees, Major League Baseball, ESPN and ESPN's play-by-play men Dan Shulman and John Kruk. Rector, the 26 year old used car salesman, was caught napping in the game and felt like the commentary pained him in a bad light and damaged his reputation. Okay.
Also on this day in 1932 the Boston Red Sox played the New York
Yankees on what was a Sunday in Fenway Park. What made this significant is the
fact that Boston law outlawed games played within 1000 feet of a church. The
Red Sox would lose 13-2 on this day.
Finally on this Independence Day eve you have to wonder what
the world would have been like had they had Twitter back then. While the
official news that the United States of America had gained its independence on
this day would have dropped on July 4th in the 1770’s the news would
have likely been breaking today, July 3rd, in modern times you would
have to think. Just some senseless thinking on my part that doesn’t really mean
much to start your Friday.
Have a great day Yankees fans!
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Sorry for the Capatcha... Blame the Russians :)