Man Sues ESPN for $10m Because He Fell Asleep At A Baseball Game

A sleepy Baseball fan is whining in court that he got mocked by two ESPN announcers for snoozing in his seat at a baseball game in Yankee Stadium.

 

Andrew Rector has filed a $10 million defamation suit against the team, the sports network, its play-by-play man Dan Shulman and big-leaguer-turned-commentator John Kruk, who he claims unleashed an “avalanche of disparaging words” over his nationally televised nap.

 

Rector admits in the Court suit he filed that he “briefly slept” during the April 13 night game between the Yankees and the Boston Red Sox.

 

He also claims he has “suffered substantial injury” to his “character and reputation,” as well as “mental anguish, loss of future income and loss of earning capacity.”

 

A YouTube video posted by MLB and titled, “Fan sleeps in stands during game vs. Red Sox,” shows the heavy-set Rector slumped in his seat with his eyes shut and his head lolling over his right shoulder.

 

When he came up on screen, commetators Dan Shulman and John Kruk poked fun at him saying.. “Did he sleep through the [Carlos] Beltran homer? I mean 45,000 people stand up and cheer, and he sleeps through?” shulman said.

 

“I think it would be tough to, but he seemed pretty comfortable,” Kruk answered answered. “It didn’t look like he just started to sleep.”