Lukasiewicz, Cook, Ramirez to Join Club

Teams can expand their rosters to 40 men today, and the Angels plan to activate left-hander Dennis Cook and outfielder Julio Ramirez from the disabled list and recall left-hander Mark Lukasiewicz from their triple-A Salt City Lake farm team, where he was 3-2 with a 3.98 earned-run average. Lukasiewicz also appeared in 14 games with the Angels this year, going 1-0 with a 3.48 ERA.

Ramirez has missed 69 games because of a strained left calf, Cook 51 games because of a torn rotator cuff.

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It may not have been the best way to make a point, but there was a point to be made.

That was the consensus of a small group of fans in the field boxes at Edison Field on Saturday night who were questioned about the Thursday night uprising.

None felt their fellow fans were justified in throwing objects onto the field during a game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in order to protest the possible strike that loomed just hours ahead. Yet all said they understood and shared the feelings of frustration.

“I thought it was a great way of protesting,” said Monica Aquino of Riverside. “The players have played all year and now, when it’s so exciting, they were going to go on strike. I thought they were acting like babies, like brats.”

Said Ewell Gunter of Santa Ana, “It’s never right to do something like that, but you have to understand, the fans are never consulted.... It is never right to do evil, but it’s the fans who pay the salaries. You’ve got to take care of the ones who got you here.”

Ed Nakamura, from Mission Viejo, thought the throwing of everything from bottles to toilet paper was excessive.

“I thought throwing back the foul balls was enough of a statement, “ he said. “I understand. I was frustrated myself.”

Tim Milauskas of Palm Springs was impressed with the fans.

“It is ironic that the only place in baseball this would happen was Anaheim,” Milauskas said. “I’m surprised people knew what was going on with the strike. Everybody here is so laid back, they don’t usually do anything unless the scoreboard tells them to do it.”

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Reliever Scott Schoeneweis was booed when he came into Friday’s game because of his comments criticizing the debris-throwing fans. He later amended those comments to say he meant only “some” fans.

“Hopefully, they got it out of their system,” said Schoeneweis, a converted starter who picked up his first save Friday.

“Usually I do something bad first on the field to get booed.”

TONIGHT

ANGELS’

JOHN LACKEY

(6-3, 3.23 ERA)

vs.

ORIOLES’

RODRIGO LOPEZ

(14-6, 3.31)

Edison Field, 5

Radio--KLAC (570), XPRS (1090)

Update--Outfielder Tim Salmon, on the disabled list since Aug. 14th because of a bruised left hand, took 20 swings against a pitching machine Saturday. “It felt good,” Salmon said, “other than being overmatched.”

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