OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Coliseum fan who threw a cup of beer at Yankees slugger Jason Giambi will face multiple criminal charges, officials said Sunday.
Eric Anduri of Lafayette, Calif., spent Saturday night in jail after pelting Giambi with the beer when the former Oakland Athletics star returned to the New York dugout after flying out in the eighth inning of the Yankees' 15-6 win.
Anduri, whose age wasn't available, was arrested and charged with battery, public intoxication and throwing objects on the field, said David Rinetti, the A's vice president of stadium operations. A spokesman for the Oakland Police Department would not confirm the charges Sunday.
Giambi, the longtime A's slugger who won the 2000 AL Most Valuable Player award here, has been booed loudly at the Coliseum ever since he left Oakland in December 2001 to sign a seven-year contract with the Yankees.
He handled the incident with his usual good nature, praising the quick actions of Coliseum security and declining to pursue any additional charges against the fan.
"It's over. There's nothing to talk about," Giambi said before the series finale Sunday.
The Yankees expressed concern for the latest strange incident involving overzealous fans in Oakland, and they were particularly dismayed to see Giambi treated that way in his former home.
"He's had so many good years here, you'd think people would remember that," Yankees manager Joe Torre said. "But when a fan tries to become part of the game, it becomes a dangerous situation, and we're concerned about it."
Such incidents seem to happen with alarming frequency at the Coliseum, though high-profile altercations also have occurred in Chicago, Milwaukee and other cities in recent years.
In 2003, an Oakland fan was charged with assault after throwing a cell phone from the second deck of the Coliseum, hitting Texas Rangers outfielder Carl Everett in the back of the head.
Last September, three Texas pitchers became involved in a shouting match with fans near the Rangers' bullpen -- and reliever Frank Francisco threw a metal chair into the stands, breaking the nose of Jennifer Bueno, whose husband had spent the night heckling the Rangers.
Francisco was arrested the next morning, and he is scheduled to stand trial on a charge of misdemeanor assault next month. Bueno and another fan have filed lawsuits against the Rangers, the players and the Coliseum's security company.
