Blue Jays Fan Ken Pagan Banned from MLB Parks for 1 Year After Throwing Beer Can

Ken Pagan, the Toronto Blue Jays fan who threw a beer can at Baltimore Orioles outfielder Hyun Soo Kim during an American League Wild Card game last October, was sentenced to 200 hours of community service and banned from all MLB ballparks for one year, according to ESPN.com. 

Per that report, "Pagan received a conditional discharge, meaning he won't have a criminal record if he complies with his probation. He pleaded guilty to mischief last month."

Pagan, a former sports copy editor for Postmedia, has since apologized for the incident. 

"I have been a passionate baseball fan since getting hooked as an eight-year-old in the summer of 1983 and I am fully aware of the disgrace I brought to the game and the embarrassment this caused, particularly to the Toronto Blue Jays organization and the great fans of Toronto," he said, per Peter Edwards of the Toronto Star.

Kim responded to Pagan's apology, telling reporters through translators, "I accept his apology. People make mistakes. I’m sure it’s not going to happen again."

Kim's teammate, Adam Jones, was a little less lenient, as he told Eduardo A. Encina of the Baltimore Sun:

"I am firm believer of harsh punishment, especially for people who do that. I know he’s lost his job, 200 hours of community service is a lot. I don’t know the extents of the ban… a year? That might not be enough. I’ve always been a firm believer of fining people monetarily because at the end of the day that’s where it hurts people, but as long as Kim is over it, I stick with my teammate and I’m gonna have to be a big man and be over it, too."

Meanwhile, assistant Crown Attorney Rebecca Edward argued, essentially, for the importance of making an example of Pagan to deter future incidents in stadiums.

"This is unsportsmanlike and definitely non-Canadian," Edward told the court, per Edwards. "A lot of people were embarrassed by this behaviour...concerned that this reflected badly upon us."