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	Thursday, June 1
	Boston skipper kept managing, despite ejection Associated Press
	BOSTON -- Boston Red Sox manager Jimy Williams admitted he continued to make moves from his office even after he was ejected from Wednesday night's game against Kansas City -- an apparent violation of baseball rules. Williams was thrown out by first-base umpire Jerry Crawford during a lengthy argument about fan interference down the right-field line. After the game, which Boston lost 9-7, Williams said he had coaches come up the runway into his clubhouse office to get instructions. "There's a runway down there and the coaches can walk up here," he said. "I wasn't down there at all. I'm up here, away from the field." Baseball Rule 4.07 is clear that a manager cannot be in the dugout, bullpen or field -- or even the stands near the prohibited areas. But it also says that he must "take no further part in that game." After Williams was ejected, bench coach Buddy Bailey took over duties such as pitching changes. But Williams said it was his decision to take Nomar Garciaparra and Carl Everett out after seven innings of a 9-2 game to rest them. The move came back to haunt the team when their spots came up in the order after Boston cut the deficit to 9-7. "I know I've made a lot of mistakes. I know I'm not perfect. And maybe I made some after that in the game," he said, apparently unaware that he was admitting to a rule violation. The trouble began when Johnny Damon lined one into the corner with two outs and runners on first and third. The ball came to a quick stop as if a fan had touched it, but Crawford ruled that there was no interference. Rey Sanchez scored from first base; if it had been called a ground-rule double, he would have had to go back to third. Williams came out to argue with Crawford and plate umpire Mike Everett, getting uncharacteristically animated before Crawford threw him out. "He definitely was angry. He had a right to be," Garciaparra said. "We all were. We all saw the play. I was going over there myself." Williams grew even angrier, bumping chests and going nose-to-nose with Crawford before leaving the field to a standing ovation. "Was he bumping me? Yeah. But if I bump him back I'm suspended," Williams said. "Was he baiting me to bump him back? Yeah." Williams was ejected from Game 4 of last year's AL Championship Series against the Yankees for arguing with umpire Tim Tschida, who later admitted blowing the call. That ejection brought out a hailstorm of garbage onto the field. Williams' last ejection was April 30, when he was automatically tossed after Pedro Martinez hit a batter in retaliation for an earlier beanball. He has been thrown out of eight games since coming to the Red Sox in 1997.		ALSO SEE Manager's tirade fails to bring Red Sox a win