Glaus, Spiezio and Sele Are on Watson’s List

TEMPE, Ariz. —  Troy Glaus is virtually certain to be suspended for several regular-season games, and Scott Spiezio and Aaron Sele could be, for their roles in Saturday’s brawls between the Angels and San Diego Padres.

Bob Watson, baseball’s dean of discipline, met Wednesday with Angel Manager Mike Scioscia and General Manager Bill Stoneman and viewed video footage of the incidents with them. Watson met with San Diego Manager Bruce Bochy and General Manager Kevin Towers Tuesday and got the Padres’ video of the fights.

Watson said he plans to meet with involved players from each team today. He said he would announce suspensions and fines “in a timely manner” but has no timetable for ending his investigation.

Sele was not among the six players ejected Saturday, but Watson said a player need not be ejected to be suspended. Sele hit Ryan Klesko, prompting him to charge the mound and trigger the first brawl. Klesko and teammate Phil Nevin said that Sele promised last year to hit Klesko in retaliation for perceived showboating after a home run, a charge Sele denied.

Throwing at a batter intentionally is cause for suspension, and Watson could suspend Sele if he believes Klesko and Nevin.

Charging the mound also is cause for suspension. After Sele hit Klesko, San Diego pitcher Bobby Jones nearly hit Glaus, prompting him to charge the mound and trigger another brawl. Klesko faces an additional penalty for returning to the field for the second fight--in street clothes--after being ejected following the first one.

“We will ask him the question why,” Watson said, “but I don’t think there’s any good answer.”

The Padres want Spiezio severely punished for wildly throwing punches, one of which connected with the face of San Diego coach Tim Flannery. The Padres also want Watson to review whether Spiezio kicked anyone. “Whoever said I did is seeing things or lying,” Spiezio said.

The Angels want Jones severely punished, for admitting to a retaliatory pitch and for throwing a fastball that sailed near Glaus’ head. The Angels also want Watson to review a skirmish in which San Diego’s Ron Gant yanked the shirt off the Angels’ Shawn Wooten.

Said Watson: “There were allegations of kicking. Somebody was supposedly using hockey tactics by pulling shirts over heads.”

Watson said he would stagger suspensions so that neither team lost more than one position player at a time.

Dennis Cook, who has pitched only two innings this spring, has not appeared in a game in 10 days and could sit out several more days recovering from a bruised rib cage suffered during one of the brawls.... The Angels played split-squad games, beating the San Francisco Giants, 11-10, and losing to the Padres, 11-6....There were no incidents in the first meeting between the Angels and Padres since the fights--the Padres sent a JV team to Tempe anyway--but Tim Salmon left the game after being hit by a pitch. He was diagnosed with a bruised right knee and is expected to sit out a few days....Starter Kevin Appier was “bad” by his own admission, giving up five runs in two innings, walking three and hitting one. In seven innings this spring, he has given up 12 hits and eight walks and has an 11.57 earned-run average.