"Lo Duca hearing on Friday; Mets call up Alomar in case catcher's suspension is upheld": MLB.com provides this report. My earlier coverage of the incident in question can be accessed via this link.

And from San Diego comes news that "Second base umpire Hunter Wendelstedt returned home due to a family emergency, leaving just three umpires to call the game." As a result, the box score of Wednesday night's game between the Florida Marlins at the San Diego Padres lists "no ump" at second base. Apparently the absence arose too late for any of those 2007 minor league call-up umpires to materialize in San Diego.