Results: Sleeping Yankees Fan

A news article last week showed a man in the audience of a Yankees-Red Sox game sleeping during the game. The man was filmed as he slept, and sports announcers commented on him from time to time during their coverage of the game. Have you heard this story?

The sleeping Yankees fan has sued Major League Baseball, the Yankees, and ESPN for $10 million in damages for defamation and mental anguish, saying that the announcers' commentary and the images of him asleep have damaged his reputation. Do you think that this is a frivolous lawsuit or does it have some merit?

According to a family member of the sleeping Yankees fan, he is currently out of the country. She said that he had missed work because of the public scorn he had experienced. Do you think he should have just laughed it off or do you feel that he was justified in his filing of a lawsuit?