One day after the Angels doused Nick Adenhart's No. 34 jersey with beer and champagne, players and coaches found themselves defending a gesture that some bloggers, columnists and fans criticized as insensitive considering that Adenhart was killed by an alleged drunk driver. "We wanted to celebrate with him like he was here," reliever Kevin Jepsen, whose locker is a few stalls away from Adenhart's, said Tuesday. "If he was still here with us, we'd be pouring beer on him just like everybody else in here. "It had nothing to do with the drunk-driving accident. We were just celebrating and wanted to make him a part of it." Said third baseman Chone Figgins: "He's our teammate. We're allowed to do what we want."