Suspend Sheffield for hurting the team

Most sports fans have seen the replay of Yankee rightfielder, Gary Sheffield, getting into it with Red Sox fans at the right field fence. I think the proper resolution of the matter would be for Joe Torre and George Steinbrenner of the Yankees to suspend him for failing to think of the team first.

My problem with what happened is that he picked up the ball, shoved the fan and threw to second base. SAY WHAT!!! If the fan hit him in the face and tried to interfere with his ability to make the play, I don't care if Sheffield slugs him -- but only after he gets rid of the ball! He has to take care of his responsibility to the team first.

I think Mike Curtis, the former all-pro middle linebacker for the Colts, had the right attitude. A fan once ran onto the field and headed toward the Colts huddle. Curtis laid him out with a forearm shiver. As Curtis explained afterward, he had a different colored jersey. His job was to hit anyone that came his way in a wrong-colored jersey. So he did.

Fans don't belong on the field or interfering with play. During the 70s, protesters ran onto the field and were about to set fire to an American flag. Rick Monday raced over from centerfield and grabbed the flag away from them. I wouldn't have had a problem, if he had chosen to put a little Mike Curtis action on them. Fans don't belong on the field.