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Report: Man stabbed over rivalry feud

Published Oct. 3, 2010 1:00 a.m. ET

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Police in Branford, Conn., Sunday were investigating the Saturday night stabbing of a man that may have been sparked by an argument over the rivalry between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, WCVB-TV reported.

Officers responded to a report of a man being stabbed at a restaurant around 10:42pm Saturday. When they arrived on the scene, they saw friends of the victim chasing John Mayor, 45, through the restaurant’s parking lot. When Mayor saw the police, they said, he threw away the knife he was carrying under his jacket.

An argument about baseball had apparently erupted between Mayor, a Yankees fan, and the victim, Monte Freire, a Red Sox supporter, police said.

Police recovered the knife, arrested Mayor and charged him with first-degree assault, interfering with an officer, tampering with evidence, breach of peace and possession of a controlled substance. He is being held on $500,000 bond.

Freire was taken to a local hospital and underwent emergency surgery. He was in critical condition Sunday.

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