ANGELS, FAN HURT TWINS HOCKING KNEED IN THE STANDS WHILE HITTERS DAMAGE ANGELS 7, MINNESOTA 3.ANAHEIM - Leave it to a New York Yankees  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. fan to do the Angels fans' dirty work. For years, fans in Anaheim have been accused of not getting involved enough in games, but one fan among the 23,377 at Edison Field on Friday night got downright physical during the Angels' 7-3 win over the Minnesota Twins The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Twins are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Twins have played in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. . Scott Spiezio's leadoff home run in the second inning sent Twins right fielder right fielder n. Baseball The player who defends right field. Noun 1. right fielder - the person who plays right field outfielder - (baseball) a person who plays in the outfield Denny Hocking Dennis Lee "Denny" Hocking born on April 2, 1970 in Torrance, California, is a professional baseball player. After playing at El Camino College in California, he was drafted in the 52nd round of the draft by the Minnesota Twins and made his major league debut in 1993. falling into the seats behind the short fence near the right-field foul pole. Hocking's attempt to make a leaping catch not only failed, but left him in the path of 16-year-old Mike Rose. Rose, on vacation in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, from Bayville, N.J., with his mother and friends, was going for the ball but ended up with a snapshot instead. With Hocking Hocking may refer to:
``As I was running for the ball I kneed him in the back of the head,'' said Rose, who called himself an avid Yankees fan. ``He got up, I was laughing and he was laughing. It was pretty cool.'' Any Angels fan might have enjoyed kneeing Hocking in the head considering how Hocking beat the Angels Sunday in Minnesota with a ninth-inning home run. After the homer, Hocking was mobbed at home plate by his teammates and wound up with a broken nose. Friday, the Angels did the beating with their bats. Spiezio's homer was only the beginning in the second inning. With one out, Adam Kennedy For other people with the same name, see Adam Kennedy (disambiguation). Adam Thomas Kennedy (born January 10, 1976 in Riverside, California) is a Major League Baseball player. He currently plays second base for the St. Louis Cardinals. Kennedy attended J.W. singled and Bengie Molina followed with a two-run homer, his fifth of the season. The inning continued when Jose Fernandez walked, went to second on a walk to David Eckstein and scored on Garret Anderson's single for a 4-1 Angels lead. For Anderson, it increased his team-leading RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in total to 109, the eighth highest single-season total in Angels history. Spiezio led off the third inning with a double and scored on shortstop Cristian Guzman's throwing error. Molina added an RBI single later in the inning to put the Angels up 6-1. In the fifth inning, Tim Salmon hit his third homer in two nights, a liner down the left-field line to cap the Angels' scoring. Meanwhile, Angels starter Ramon Ortiz allowed a solo homer to Corey Koskie in the second inning and two more runs in the fourth, one on a wild pitch and another on an RBI groundout by A.J. Pierzynski. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Bengie Molina is congratulated by his Angels teammates after hitting a two-run homer in the second inning. Kim D. Johnson/Associated Press |
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