SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Aldon Smith received second chance after second chance with the San Francisco 49ers. They finally had enough following his fifth run-in with the law.

The Niners parted ways with the troubled linebacker Friday, only three days after general manager Trent Baalke expressed his desire to keep Smith beyond this season, which would have been a contract year. Instead Friday, Baalke and coach Jim Tomsula met with Smith at team headquarters after he left jail to inform him he was no longer part of the team.

Yankee outfielder hit by fan's toss

NEW YORK — A teenage fan at Yankee Stadium showed off quite an arm Sunday — at the expense of All-Star outfielder Brett Gardner.

The New York left fielder was hit in the back of the head but not hurt when a fan threw back a ball that Toronto slugger Jose Bautista had launched for a home run.

Gardner immediately flinched after he was struck in the fourth inning, but stayed in the game without a problem.

“I just wore it. Didn't even turn around,” he said. “It wasn't like it was coming from the second row. It was a long ways away.”

Gardner said he had a little bump on his crown.