Major League Baseball games played Friday, July 6, 2007: Thanks to a day-night doubleheader in Chicago between the Minnesota Twins at the White Sox, a total of 16 games were played Friday. And those 16 games produced a single ejection.

As I first noted here last night, in Kansas City, where the Royals hosted the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, home plate umpire Tom Hallion ejected Royals manager Buddy Bell in the top of the 9th inning for arguing about the strike zone. The Devil Rays won the game by a score of 6-5, snapping an 11-game losing streak.

The Kansas City Star today contains an article reporting that "Royals manager Buddy Bell was ejected in the ninth inning by home-plate umpire Tom Hallion for arguing a called ball on a pitch from Joakim Soria to Ty Wigginton. Bell already was unhappy about a called third strike on Billy Butler that ended the eighth with a runner at second. It was Bell’s third ejection of the season and 50th of his career. He has been ejected 40 times as a manager, three times as a coach and seven times as a player." Other coverage is available from The St. Petersburg Times; The Tampa Tribune; and The Associated Press.

Credit home plate umpire Tom Hallion with one ejection and adjust your Umpire Fantasy League standings accordingly.