BOSTON -- Red Sox manager John Farrell has been suspended one game because of Saturday night's scream-fest with umpire Bill Miller, when Farrell objected to a balk call made on Fernando Abad that led to an Angels run in the seventh inning.
Farrell is to serve the suspension on Tuesday night. He has also been fined.
Farrell and the umpire couldn't have been much closer to each other's face, and some contact was made.
"There was contact made, yes. I didn't bump him though," Farrell said a day later. "The tip of my finger touched his shirt."
Miller has ejected Farrell three times, more than any other umpire.
"No, honestly I didn't even know that, someone's brought to my attention that it's been the third time," Farrell said Sunday when asked if that history played in. "I don't have a tote board of who's done what and how many times