ANGELS FRUSTRATED BY ORIOLES, UMPS; BOWA GETS EJECTED OVER CLOSE CALL AT THE PLATE : BALTIMORE 5, ANGELS 4.Byline: Daily News Wire Services Larry Bowa adj. 1. Destructively or frenetically violent: a berserk worker who started smashing all the windows. 2. Sunday, so irate at the remarks of an umpire that six men had to restrain the Angels' third-base coach. The Angels lost in 10 innings, 5-4 to the Baltimore Orioles This article is about the contemporary American major league baseball team. For other uses, see Baltimore Oriole (disambiguation). The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland. , in a game they were convinced never should have lasted past the regulation nine. The Angels considered themselves unfairly deprived of a run in the fourth inning, when plate umpire Ed Hickox called Dave Hollins adv. 1. With the head leading; headlong: went headfirst down the stairs. 2. Impetuously; brashly. slide into home. Replays appeared to show Hollins extended his hand between the legs of catcher Lenny Webster Leonard Irell Webster (born February 10, 1965 in New Orleans, Louisiana), is a former professional baseball player who played in the Major Leagues primarily as a platoon catcher from 1989-2000. and touched the plate before the tag. ``His whole hand was on the plate,'' Bowa said. ``Check SportsCenter tonight. You'll see he missed the play.'' Bowa argued, and so did manager Terry Collins, and of course the Angels lost the argument. After the inning ended, Bowa returned to the third-base dugout and resumed yelling. Third-base umpire Joe Brinkman Joseph Norbert Brinkman (born April 9 1944 in Little Falls, Minnesota) is a former umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the American League from 1973 to 1999 and throughout both major leagues from 2000 until his retirement during the 2006 season. ejected Bowa, prompting Bowa to charge onto the field screaming and gesturing. Before Bowa would leave the field, he had to be restrained by Collins, reserve infielder Jack Howell and coaches Marcel Lachemann, Dave Parker and Sam Suplizio. Bowa said Brinkman ignited the rage by saying something ``unprintable'' and ``very personal.'' Brinkman denied that charge. ``He just lost it, that's all,'' Brinkman said. The Angels couldn't help wondering whether Brinkman exacted revenge in the fifth inning. With the Angels leading 3-1 and men on second and third, Hollins hit a foul ball down the left-field line. A fan extended his glove onto the field in an attempt to catch the ball and, despite B.J. Surhoff appearing to fall away as he neared the wall, Brinkman ruled Hollins out on fan interference. ``To make a call like that, that hurts,'' pitcher Allen Watson said. ``We get a base hit, it's 5-1 and the game's over . . . ``They just stuck it to us. It shows how umpires can control a game. The guy slides into the wall and he calls it interference by a fan? You know something's wrong.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Third-base coach Larry Bowa argues with umpire Joe Brinkman and was ejected from the game. Associated Press |
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