BASEBALL - ORIOLES ' MANAGER DAVEY JOHNSON HOSPITALIZED .  BALTIMORE 1996-08-22  Baltimore Orioles manager Davey Johnson will miss Thursday night 's game against the Seattle Mariners after being admitted to a hospital with an irregular heartbeat .  The 53-year-old Johnson was hospitalized after experiencing dizziness .  " He is in no danger and will be treated and observed this evening , " said [START_ENT] Orioles [END_ENT] team physician Dr. William Goldiner , adding that Johnson is expected to be released on Friday .  Orioles ' bench coach Andy Etchebarren will manage the club in Johnson 's absence .  Johnson is the second manager to be hospitalized this week after California Angels skipper John McNamara was admitted to New York 's Columbia Presbyterian Hospital on Wednesday with a blood clot in his left calf .  Johnson , who played eight seasons in Baltimore , was named Orioles manager in the off-season replacing Phil Regan .  He led the Cincinnati Reds to the National League Championship Series last year and guided the New York Mets to a World Series championship in 1986 .  Baltimore has won 16 of its last 22 games to pull within five games of the slumping New York Yankees in the American League East Division .
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