Rangers' Bradley, Washington ejected

5/21/2008 8:01 PM

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -The Texas Rangers lost cleanup hitter Milton Bradley and manager Ron Washington when they were ejected in one heated minute Wednesday night.

Bradley led off the second inning against Minnesota and thought he drew ball four from the Twins' Nick Blackburn. Plate umpire Jeff Nelson called strike three instead, and two batters later turned to the Texas dugout and tossed Bradley from the game as he shouted and pointed at his cap.

Washington then rushed out to yell at Nelson, and after several seconds of nose-to-nose arguing the Rangers skipper was ejected, too, for the first time this season.

This was the first ejection of the year for Bradley as well, though the 30-year-old has a history of losing his temper.

Most famously, he chucked a plastic bottle at the feet of a fan in the stands at Dodger Stadium in 2004 after it was thrown on the field. Last September, he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee when Padres manager Bud Black spun him to the ground to keep him from confronting an umpire.