You're outta here!

At least 2 significant events in the world of sports have occurred in the last couple of days...

#1)   Badminton players who were trying to throw the game - almost by throwing the little birdies instead of hitting them over the net - were ejected from the Olympics.  

I guess to them, winning is everything.  And maybe that's true.  They came from South Korea, China, and Indonesia.  If they don't go home with a medal, maybe they don't get to go home!

#2)    The Public Address announcer at a Daytona Cubs minor-league baseball game was thrown out of the game by the umpire just after the announcer and his musicologist chose to play "3 Blind Mice" subsequent to a questionable call!  Here's the story from MLB.com (thru their minor league website):
After a questionable play at first base, Harper argued the call with infield umpire Ramon Hernandez. Daytona first baseman Taylor Davis appeared to pick a ball in the dirt thrown by shortstop Tim Saunders, but it came out of his glove when he turned to toss it around the infield. Hernandez ruled Davis had bobbled the ball rather than dropping it on the transfer and declared Fort Myers' Andy Leer safe.

Seneca wheeled, pointed to Dye in the press box and shouted, "You're done!" Ditto for the Cubs' public-address announcer.  "Turn the sound off for the rest of the night," Seneca could be heard yelling during the Cubs' broadcast.


To quote Warner Wolf...the famous sports announcer from New York,
  let's go to the video tape:


Summertime in the city!