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World Series Game Three Set For Tuesday
Aired October 21, 2003 - 15:27 ET
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MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: World Series game three set for tonight, the Yankees facing assault-and-battery charges, a couple of them are, in one of the brawls that plagued the playoff series with the Red Sox.
CNN's Josie Burke standing by to give us activities on the field and off the field -- hello, Josie.
JOSIE BURKE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Miles.
The two Yankees you're referring to are Karim Garcia and Jeff Nelson. They'll have a little extra on their mind as game three gets under way in a couple of hours, because today, in a Boston courtroom, a hearing date of November 7 was set to see if Garcia and Nelson will be charged with assault and battery for their involvement in that ninth inning bullpen brawl with the Red Sox employee back in game three of the ALCS.
Now, at the hearing, the Boston police will try to prove that there's probable cause that a crime was committed. They'll show evidence. And if the court decides, it's only at that point in time that charges would be filed against Nelson and Garcia. They don't have to appear at that hearing. They do have to be here tonight for game three.
And we're expecting a really interesting atmosphere, because more than 65,000 fans will be in attendance. And I want to give you a Census Bureau statistic that changes what that might all mean, because there are more than 300,000 people who moved from New York to South Florida from the years 1995 to 2000. So nobody knows, with all those 65,000 people, exactly which team they're going to be rooting for -- Miles.
O'BRIEN: Josie, and in particular, when you look at the attendance that the Marlins had this year, probably will be a lot of Yankees fans there.
BURKE: You know, it's interesting. The Marlins' attendance was actually up 60 percent during the regular season, Miles. But that still had just them averaging less than 17,000 fans a game. It's been a really great atmosphere, though, during the postseason. Even when they played the Cubs, there were a lot of Cubs fans.
But with the New Yorkers, that's a much different edge. Derek Jeter said, though, he expects people to be yelling something about the New York Yankees, but not necessarily, "Let's go" -- Miles.
O'BRIEN: Once again, we won't be repeating that, inasmuch as this is a family show.
Josie Burke, thank you very much. Enjoy the ball game.
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Aired October 21, 2003 - 15:27 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: World Series game three set for tonight, the Yankees facing assault-and-battery charges, a couple of them are, in one of the brawls that plagued the playoff series with the Red Sox.
CNN's Josie Burke standing by to give us activities on the field and off the field -- hello, Josie.
JOSIE BURKE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Miles.
The two Yankees you're referring to are Karim Garcia and Jeff Nelson. They'll have a little extra on their mind as game three gets under way in a couple of hours, because today, in a Boston courtroom, a hearing date of November 7 was set to see if Garcia and Nelson will be charged with assault and battery for their involvement in that ninth inning bullpen brawl with the Red Sox employee back in game three of the ALCS.
Now, at the hearing, the Boston police will try to prove that there's probable cause that a crime was committed. They'll show evidence. And if the court decides, it's only at that point in time that charges would be filed against Nelson and Garcia. They don't have to appear at that hearing. They do have to be here tonight for game three.
And we're expecting a really interesting atmosphere, because more than 65,000 fans will be in attendance. And I want to give you a Census Bureau statistic that changes what that might all mean, because there are more than 300,000 people who moved from New York to South Florida from the years 1995 to 2000. So nobody knows, with all those 65,000 people, exactly which team they're going to be rooting for -- Miles.
O'BRIEN: Josie, and in particular, when you look at the attendance that the Marlins had this year, probably will be a lot of Yankees fans there.
BURKE: You know, it's interesting. The Marlins' attendance was actually up 60 percent during the regular season, Miles. But that still had just them averaging less than 17,000 fans a game. It's been a really great atmosphere, though, during the postseason. Even when they played the Cubs, there were a lot of Cubs fans.
But with the New Yorkers, that's a much different edge. Derek Jeter said, though, he expects people to be yelling something about the New York Yankees, but not necessarily, "Let's go" -- Miles.
O'BRIEN: Once again, we won't be repeating that, inasmuch as this is a family show.
Josie Burke, thank you very much. Enjoy the ball game.
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