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Yankees Nelson and Garcia will face charges

by Evie Dec 17, 2003 11:37PM PST

Two Yankees Face Charges in Bullpen Fight

New York Yankees Jeff Nelson and Karim Garcia were charged Thursday with assault and battery for fighting with a groundskeeper in the Fenway Park bullpen during a playoff game against the Red Sox.

A clerk magistrate also found probable cause to go forward with Nelson's cross-complaint against Paul Williams, 24, a middle school teacher and part-time groundskeeper from Derry, N.H.

In a TV report, the clerk magistrate was quoted as calling the charges against the Yankees players "weak" but allowed the case to go forward.

Evie