Sheffield Inquiry Continues
Police are still investigating the confrontation between New York Yankee outfielder Gary Sheffield and a Boston fan, and the Red Sox are considering revoking the fan’s season tickets.
“As with all investigations in the city of Boston, we are prohibited from giving the status [of a case] ... until it comes to something,” police spokesman John Boyle said Sunday.
Major League Baseball is also investigating.
The confrontation between Sheffield and Christopher House occurred during the eighth inning of Boston’s 8-5 win over New York on Thursday at Fenway Park.
Sheffield was chasing Jason Varitek’s two-run triple in the right-field corner when House reached over the wall and appeared to make contact with the player.
Sheffield, who said he was hit in the face, shoved House before he threw the ball back to the infield. Sheffield turned and moved toward House, but a security guard intervened before the confrontation could escalate. House was ejected from Fenway but not arrested.
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Right-hander Ramon Ortiz went on the 15-day disabled list because of a sore groin, forcing the Cincinnati Reds to shuffle their rotation again.
Ortiz strained his groin in spring training. He sat out a start Wednesday at St. Louis when it tightened.
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