Baseball fan sues team over drug use

A long-time baseball fan is suing the New York Yankees over some players’ reported use of performance-enhancing drugs, saying he wants repayment for US$221 (€150) in tickets and a public response from his once-beloved team.

“I look at it almost as consumer fraud,” said Matthew Mitchell, 30, a Brooklyn resident who said he went to his first game at Yankee Stadium in 1984. “If I’m going to watch a baseball game, then I expect it to be the real thing.”