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BOSTON – A hearing Nov. 7 will determine whether Yankees reliever Jeff Nelson and right fielder Karim Garcia should be charged with beating a Fenway Park worker.

Police filed paperwork Tuesday in Roxbury District Court requesting the hearing.

Nelson and Garcia can appear to counter accusations by Paul Williams, a 24-year-old part-time groundskeeper.

The two Yankees and Williams got into a fight during Game 3 of the AL championship series after the worker started cheering for the Red Sox in the New York bullpen. Police are seeking assault and battery charges.

“I really have nothing to provide for you,” Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said Tuesday night in Florida before Game 3 of the World Series. “We have to let the process run its course and see where it ends up.”

Cashman said he was not worried that the legal proceedings would distract Garcia and Nelson during the Series.

“I think these guys are ready to separate that stuff,” he said.

Williams was released from a Boston hospital wearing a neck brace after the scuffle during the October 11 game in the American League championship series between the Yankees and the Red Sox.


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