And he thought ESPN’s announcers were harsh.
Andrew Rector, the Yankees fan who sued the network after its announcers caught him snoozing in the stands during a game, is facing an onslaught of mockery online over his whiny $10 million suit.
“Thinnest skin in America goes to Andrew Rector. The sleeping Yankees fan suing for $10 mil. What a big Baby Huey p—bag,” one tweeter, @CainSauer, wrote.
Hey Fat Yankees fan, Andrew Rector, that fell asleep, you can take your lawsuit and settle for a year of Slimgenics.
— Andy V (@AngryAndy720) July 8, 2014
The new skewering came after The Post published a photo of the used-car salesman napping at the April 14 game against the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium, along with a story about how he’s suing ESPN for mocking him as he slumbered.
A YouTube video of the siesta has been viewed more than 1.3 million times. It shows Rector snoozing as announcers Dan Shulman and John Kruk mock him.
“Did he sleep through the [Carlos] Beltran homer? I mean 45,000 people stand up and cheer, and he sleeps through?” Shulman asks.
They then compare his weight to that of Kruk, a hefty former major leaguer.
Asked by Shulman if Rector might be a relative, Kruk replies, “Physically, he could be, yeah.”
Filed in Bronx Supreme Court on July 3, Rector’s typo-riddled lawsuit falsely accuses the announcers of calling him a “fatty” and “stupid” and claims he “suffered substantial injury” to his “character and reputation.”
It also names Major League Baseball as a defendant.
Some tweeters accuse Rector of suing only for a “6 figure settlement.” Others call the suit bogus.
Don’t be an Andrew Rector is now more insulting than being called an idiot!
— Bill (@acmech13) July 9, 2014
Rector shut his business for a while after the embarrassing incident, telling staff at Auto World NYC to take the next few days off. He also gave away his season tickets to Yankee home games, one of his employees told The Post.
Rector still has some vanity left, agreeing to pose for a picture for The Post to counteract the humiliating photos of him making the rounds online. He refused to comment further on the lawsuit.
“We’ll settle this in court,” Rector’s lawyer, Valentine Okwara, said Monday.