A New York Yankees fan is suing two TV commentators, saying they taunted him when he was shown on ESPN asleep in his seat at a baseball game.

Andrew Robert Rector admits having a nap at the game in Yankee Stadium, where the home team were playing the Boston Red Sox on 13 April.

The suit claims announcers Dan Shulman and John Kruk said an "avalanche of disparaging words" against him.

He says they described him as "fatty" and "stupid" while he was sleeping.

The $10m (£5.8m) lawsuit claims Rector suffered "substantial injury" to his "character and reputation" and "mental anguish, loss of future income and loss of earning capacity" after being mocked.

The lawsuit filed in Bronx Supreme Court last Thursday also names ESPN, Major League Baseball and the Yankees as defendants.

They didn't immediately respond to requests from Associated Press for comment.

Earlier this year baseball's highest-paid star, Alex Rodriguez, was suspended for the entire 2014 season in a doping scandal.

The ruling meant the New York Yankees player will lose more than $22m (£13m) for the games he is missing.

In October, The Boston Red Sox won the 2013 World Series with a 6-1 victory over St Louis Cardinals in Game 6 at Fenway Park.

Last time they won the World Series at home, their pitching staff included the legendary Babe Ruth.

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