Angry fan sues New York Yankees

New York -- One Yankees fan has launched a $221 lawsuit against the New York team for using steroids and human growth hormones to improve their game.

All Matthew Mitchell wants is exactly the price of tickets for five games he attended between 2002 and 2007, the New York Post reported Sunday.

The 30-year-old paralegal and Yankees fan, who has followed the team since the 1980s, filed the claim in Brooklyn Small Claims Court.

"I look at it almost as a consumer fraud," Mitchell said about the use of performance-enhancing drugs in the major leagues. "If I'm going to watch a baseball game, then I expect it to be real."

Mitchell came forward with the suit after former Sen. George Mitchell released a probe Dec. 13 alleging widespread use of steroids and human growth hormones by baseball players, including Yankees star Roger Clemens.

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