Man Is Sued Over Bonds’ Ball

Barry Bonds hits another historic home run and the man who ends up with the ball after a fight in the bleachers gets sued.

Last October it was a tussle over Bonds’ record-setting 73rd home run of the season--one man got a glove on it, but another took it home.

This time, it’s a guy who got a ticket to the game after allegedly promising fellow workers to split any profits on the remote chance he caught Bonds’ 600th career home run ball.

That’s just what Jay Arsenault, a 36-year-old carpenter from Vacaville, did Aug. 9, in the bleachers of Pacific Bell Park.

Now, he’s allegedly reneging on a promise to share the wealth, according to three former friends who have filed suit in Solano County Court. The story was first reported in the Fairfield Daily Republic.

On Tuesday, a judge issued a temporary restraining order, saying the ball may not be sold.

Arsenault and the baseball have been ordered to appear in court Sept. 5 for a hearing.

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Ricky Gutierrez’s season is over, and now the Cleveland Indian second baseman is concerned about saving his career.

Gutierrez said doctors have recommended surgery on his injured neck, which he hurt while diving for a ball in the first few weeks of the season.

An MRI revealed that disks in Gutierrez’s neck are rubbing and pinching his spinal cord.

Gutierrez didn’t tell the Indians about his neck until last weekend.

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Rookie right-hander Ryan Drese was optioned by the Indians to triple-A Buffalo....The Cincinnati Reds sent outfielder Raul Gonzalez to the New York Mets as part of the deal last week in which Cincinnati got left-hander Shawn Estes.