The Canadian Press
TORONTO–A man accused of tossing a beer can towards a Baltimore Orioles’ outfielder during a Blue Jays’ playoff game last season has pleaded guilty to mischief under $5,000.
Defence lawyer Tyler Smith said a pre-sentence report has been ordered and Ken Pagan is to return to court June 28.
Pagan was charged with mischief last October after surrendering at a police detachment in downtown Toronto.
A can thrown from the stands at a Jays’ game on Oct. 4 narrowly missed Hyun Soo Kim as he made a catch.
The toss triggered a social media frenzy as many analyzed photographs and video footage from the game to figure out where the can had come from.
Toronto police released a photograph of a person they called an “unsportsmanlike fan” as they investigated the throw.
Pagan confirmed to The Canadian Press at the time that he was the person in the picture distributed by authorities.
Pagan was an employee at Postmedia Network Inc., and an online profile listed him as a sports copy editor.
But a Postmedia spokeswoman said after Pagan was charged that he had left the company.
The “tall boy”-tossing incident resulted in the Jays announcing they would not be serving beer in cans at the Rogers Centre in Toronto for the rest of the post-season.
