When Johnny Giavotella added a solo shot of his own two batters later, Erick Aybar gave Angels manager Mike Scioscia an idea from the bench.
"Aybar said, 'Give him the silent treatment,' so we gave him the silent treatment," Scioscia said. "Then they wanted me to call him over and act like I was shaking his hand at first."
So Scioscia first shook his hand, but then gave Giavotella a fake scolding, pretending to be mad at the second baseman. Giavotella went back and quietly sat on the bench.
But after a few minutes, the charade was up, and Scioscia and Giavotella's teammates congratulated him on the home run.