Thursday, August 2, 2007

Major League Baseball games played Wednesday, August 1, 2007: A complete slate of 15 games played Wednesday produced a single ejection.

In the Bronx, where the New York Yankees hosted the Chicago White Sox, home plate umpire Tom Hallion ejected White Sox knuckle ball pitcher Charlie Haeger when Haeger hit Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano with a 70-mile-per-hour pitch in the bottom of the 8th inning after Yankees catcher Jorge Posada had hit a home run to lead off the inning, Posada's second home run of the game. The Yankees won the game 8-1. You can access the box score at this link, while wraps from MLB.com are available here and here. MLB.com also provides an article headlined "Ejection stokes Guillen's fire; Manager wants league to examine umpires' actions" that begins, "Wednesday's pregame came and went without any contact made by Major League Baseball's Commissioner's Office with Ozzie Guillen. But if a judgment of fine or suspension gets handed down for Guillen's postgame diatribe aimed at umpire Phil Cuzzi on Tuesday night, the White Sox manager appears more than ready to defend himself." Additional coverage is available from The Chicago Tribune; The Chicago Sun-Times; The New York Times; The New York Daily News; The New York Post; and The Associated Press. And you can view related photos here, here, here, and here.

Credit home plate umpire Tom Hallion with one ejection -- his fourth on the season -- and adjust your Umpire Fantasy League standings accordingly.

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