Angels manager Ron Washington to miss rest of season with unspecified medical issue

ANAHEIM Los Angeles Angels manager Ron Washington will miss the rest of the season because of an unspecified anatomical issue the gang declared Friday Washington the oldest manager in the major leagues at has been sidelined for the past week The former Oakland A s coach experienced shortness of breath and appeared fatigued toward the end of a four-game series at the New York Yankees that ended on June Washington flew back to Southern California underwent a series of tests and was placed on clinical leave Angels bench coach Ray Montgomery who has filled in for Washington for the past week was named interim manager Infield coach Ryan Goins was promoted to bench coach Washington is - in seasons as a major league manager eight with Texas and two with Los Angeles He led the Rangers to back-to-back World Series appearances in and before stepping down abruptly in September Washington returned to the sport as a coach with the Athletics and the Atlanta Braves who won the World Series in before landing a second managerial job in Orange County The Angels were - entering Friday night s challenge against the visiting Washington Nationals winning three straight under Montgomery and seven of overall Los Angeles has played better than the bulk expected from a organization with major league-worst streaks of nine straight losing seasons and straight non-playoff seasons The -year-old Montgomery is getting his first job as a major league manager The native of New York s Westchester County is a former Houston Astros outfielder who served as the scouting director for Arizona and Milwaukee before joining the Angels as their director of athlete personnel for the season Related Articles Sharks end suspense select Saginaw s Misa with No pick at NHL Draft Now that the NBA draft is over what should Warriors do with Jonathan Kuminga ers star Lenoir arrested following traffic affair with LAPD SF Giants option Hjelle to Triple-A recall Carson Seymour from Sacramento Mailbag Pac- invites Texas St the CBS deal the X factor MW moves Montgomery became Los Angeles bench coach in after general manager Perry Minasian took over the front office and he stayed with the Angels while Joe Maddon Phil Nevin and Washington managed the club Goins played eight seasons in the major leagues before Washington hired him as the Angels infield coach before the season AP MLB https apnews com hub mlb