Major League Baseball games played Saturday, June 23, 2007: A full slate of 15 games played Saturday produced a grand total of six ejections.

As I first reported here, in an afternoon contest between the Colorado Rockies at the Toronto Blue Jays, home plate umpire Gerry Davis ejected Rockies catcher Yorvit Torrealba after Torrealba struck out in the top of the fourth inning to record the third out. You can access the box score at this link, while wraps from MLB.com are available here and here. Additional coverage is available from The Denver Post; The Rocky Mountain News; The Toronto Star; Canadian Press; and The Associated Press.

As I first reported here, in an afternoon contest between the Detroit Tigers at the Atlanta Braves, home plate umpire Chad Fairchild -- a 2007 minor league call-up umpire -- ejected both Braves catcher Brian McCann and Braves manager Bobby Cox with one out in the bottom of the 9th inning, after Fairchild had called McCann out on strikes. This was Cox's historic 131st ejection of his career, tying a major league record. You can access the box score at this link, while MLB.com wraps are available here and here. Additional coverage is available from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (here and here); The Detroit News; The Detroit Free Press; and The Associated Press.

As I first reported here, in an afternoon contest between the New York Yankees at the San Francisco Giants, first base umpire Phil Cuzzi ejected Giants manager Bruce Bochy with two outs in the bottom of the 6th inning for arguing a call at first base that Cuzzi clearly had wrong according to televised replays. The Giants batter had reached first base safely because the Yankees first baseman's foot had left the bag before he caught the throw for the force out. You can access the box score at this link, while wraps from MLB.com are available here and here. Additional coverage is available from The San Francisco Chronicle (here and here); The Oakland Tribune; The New York Times; The New York Daily News; The New York Post; and The Associated Press.

As I first reported here, in an evening contest between the Oakland Athletics at the New York Mets, home plate umpire Marvin Hudson ejected Mets catcher Paul Lo Duca in the middle of Lo Duca's at bat in the bottom of the 6th inning. At the time of the ejection, Lo Duca had two strikes. Mets back-up catcher Ramon Castro came into the game facing a count of 0-2 and, on the very next pitch, struck out swinging. Under the applicable Major League Baseball scorekeeping rules, Lo Duca is charged with the at bat and the strikeout. You can access the box score at this link, while wraps from MLB.com are available here and here, along with a report headlined "Lo Duca ejected after tirade; Catcher tossed after arguing strike call with home-plate umpire." Additional coverage is available from The New York Times; The New York Daily News (here and here); The New York Post; The Oakland Tribune; The San Francisco Chronicle; and The Associated Press.

Finally, as I first reported here, in an evening contest between the Boston Red Sox at the San Diego Padres, third base umpire Brian Knight -- a 2007 minor league call-up umpire -- ejected Red Sox manager Terry Francona in the bottom of the 6th inning after the umpiring crew had convened to decide that a long fly ball along the left field line, originally called a foul ball, had in fact hit off of the foul pole for a two-run home run by Padres catcher Josh Bard. You can access the box score at this link, while wraps from MLB.com are available here and here. Additional coverage is available from The Boston Globe; The San Diego Union Tribune; and The Associated Press.

And there you have a summary of a busy Saturday, June 23, 2007 that produced a grand total of six ejections in Major League Baseball.