Major League Baseball games played Thursday, June 28, 2007: Ten games were scheduled for Thursday, but only nine were played, and only eight were completed. A persistent rain throughout the northeast caused the cancellation of one game and the suspension of another.

As I first detailed in this post from yesterday evening, Toronto Blue Jays designated hitter Frank Thomas and Blue Jays manager John Gibbons were both ejected by home plate umpire Mark Wegner in the top of the 9th inning in yesterday afternoon's game against the Minnesota Twins in Minneapolis. Additional coverage is available from The Toronto Globe and Mail (here and here); The Toronto Star (here and here); The Minneapolis Star Tribune (here and here); The St. Paul Pioneer Press (here and here); and The Associated Press.

Last night's suspended game, in which the Baltimore Orioles hosted the New York Yankees, produced yesterday's only other ejection. Immediately before the suspension of the game in the top of the 8th inning with two out and a runner on second base, third base umpire Tim Tschida ejected Orioles third baseman Melvin Mora from the game. Because the game was suspended at that point, the Orioles have yet to send in a replacement at third base. According to a report from MLB.com, "Third baseman Melvin Mora got in an animated discussion with third-base umpire Tim Tschida after the second delay and was ejected from the game. The veteran took issue with the way the umpires handled the rain, saying that despite the brief respite between the two delays, things were much more waterlogged the second time around than they were the first." Let's just say that rain delay-related ejections are a bit unusual in Major League Baseball. A separate summary from the MLB.com reporter covering the Yankees can be accessed here. You can access the box score at this link. The game is scheduled to be resumed on July 27, 2007 from the point at which it was suspended. That date is a Friday on which the Yankees next visit the Orioles in Baltimore. You can view photos relating to the ejection here and here. Additional coverage is available from The Baltimore Sun; The Washington Post; The New York Times; The New York Post; and The Associated Press.

Credit Mark Wegner with two ejections and Tim Tschida with one ejection, and adjust your Umpire Fantasy League standings accordingly.