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| | Boston Red Sox - Deal would allow ex-Yankees to avoid trial - The Boston Globe |
 | | Karim Garcia, who was released from the Baltimore Orioles in August, and Jeff Nelson, now with the Texas Rangers, are both expected to attend the court proceedings today, where they will face assault and battery charges over a melee on Oct. 11, 2003, in the Yankees bullpen during the American League Championship Series. |
 | | If they go to trial and are convicted, Nelson and Garcia each face as long as 2 years in jail, although David Procopio, spokesman for the Suffolk district attorney, said that neither player is likely to serve time if convicted. |
 | | That dispute began when Nelson allegedly confronted Williams about twirling a ''rally towel" and cheering for the Red Sox inside the visitors' bullpen, where the Yankees were sitting. |
| www.boston.com /sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2004/10/26/deal_would_allow_ex_yankees_to_avoid_trial (622 words) |
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