Red Sox Fan Has Tickets Taken Away

The spectator who interfered with New York Yankee right fielder Gary Sheffield had his season tickets for 2005 revoked Monday by the Boston Red Sox.

A fan who spilled beer on Sheffield was prohibited from buying tickets for the rest of the season.

“That just proves I wasn’t in the wrong, and that’s what this is all about,” Sheffield said in New York.

Boston acted after a four-day investigation following the play Thursday night at Fenway Park in which Sheffield was chasing a triple hit by Jason Varitek in the right-field corner.

Chris House reached over the three-foot-high fence, and Sheffield said he was struck in the face.

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The Astros say they will retire uniform No. 24, worn by three-time All-Star Jimmy Wynn, who spent 11 of his 15 major league seasons in Houston, during a ceremony July 8 before a game against the Dodgers.

Wynn, 63, played for the Astros from 1963 to 1973 and for the Dodgers in 1974 and 1975 before finishing his career with Milwaukee in 1977.

Wynn ranks among Houston’s top 10 in home runs (223), runs (829), hits (1,291), games (1,426), at-bats (5,063) and walks (847).

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A day after saying Frank Thomas was part of a bad attitude that surrounded the team last year, Chicago White Sox Manager Ozzie Guillen said he regretted the controversy his remarks created.

Thomas, who is on the disabled list following ankle surgery in October, spoke with Guillen and said he didn’t appreciate being singled out for criticism.

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Manager Frank Robinson said ESPN was giving his National League East-leading Washington Nationals short shrift by showing limited highlights.

Robinson said he watched the network Sunday night, hoping to see plenty of plays from the Nationals’ six-run seventh inning in a 7-3 victory over Arizona, but the entire highlights consisted of one swing.

ESPN said the network’s coverage of the Nationals is comparable to that of other major league teams.