BACKMAN TOSSES BATS, CHAIRS AFTER EJECTION I. EMPIRE 8, JETHAWKS 3.Byline: Gideon Rubin Staff Writer SAN BERNARDINO San Bernardino, city, United States San Bernardino (săn bûr'nədē`nō), city (1990 pop. 164,164), seat of San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc. 1854. - In case you're keeping score, add five bats and three chairs to Wally Backman's growing collection of post-ejection objects tossed onto the field. The fiery JetHawks manager's most recent tirade came in the sixth inning of Tuesday night's 8-3 loss to Inland Empire In·land Empire A region of the northwest United States between the Cascade Range and the Rocky Mountains, comprising eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, northern Idaho, and western Montana. Farming, lumbering, and mining are important to the area. , with a wildly entertained crowd of 4,522 at Arrowhead Credit Union Park Arrowhead Credit Union Park is a stadium in San Bernardino, California. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Inland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino minor league baseball team. It was built in 1996. It holds 5,000 people. cheering Backman as each item came flying out of the JetHawks dugout. Backman, who's already received five ejections, has tossed a bat rack and emptied a trash can In the Macintosh, a simulated garbage can used for deleting files and folders. The trash can keeps the files intact in case the user wants to restore them, but can be "emptied" from time to time to save disk space. after previous differences of opinions with California League umpiring crews. Tuesday's ejection was the third at the hands of Shane Alexander, who tossed Backman from a July 15 game against Rancho Cucamonga in which the JetHawks manager suffered a calf injury as he jumped out of the dugout. Backman's argument in Tuesday's game came after Alexander called outfielder Reggie Abercrombie out on a pickoff pick·off n. 1. Baseball A play in which a runner is caught off base and is put out by a quick throw, as from the pitcher or catcher. 2. Sports An interception, as in football. at first base for the second time in three innings. Jon Zeringue was ejected for disputing a checked-swing third strike to start the sixth. ``That guy has a chip on his shoulder,'' Backman said. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if it's against us or it's about me or whatever, but my personal opinion is that he's not a good umpire.'' Backman expects to be fined and possibly suspended for Tuesday's incident during which it appeared he bumped Alexander. ``I might have touched him,'' Backman said. --Note: Outfielder Jarred Ball played for the first time since suffering an ankle injury Aug. 4. He entered the game in the bottom of the sixth as a replacement for Zeringue. Gideon Rubin (818)713-3607 gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): box Box: MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT - Justin Frank |
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