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Aww, that poor guy. When you're an umpire, you have to make split decision calls and things move very quickly. There are bound to be some missed calls. The guy admitted he goofed. Sure, it would have been nice for Galarraga to get this, but he didn't. And he's taking it like a man, showing maturity.
I wish the people complaining about the call not being overturned could take a lesson from him. Yeah, it sucks, but it's not worth hating on a guy who made a mistake. We all make mistakes at work, just not all of us so publicly.
I say, let it go and leave the poor old guy alone.
I feel bad for all involved. Galarraga, his team mates, and the umpire. But, and this is important, they all acted with grace and class and made me proud to be a Tiger fan and a baseball fan. The only jerk and classless actor in this incident was, as usaul, the baseball commisioner, Selig. He could have quietly righted a wrong but elected to sit on his hands - again.
I hate to say it but what has been missed is if this was in New York or Boston, this wouldn't have happened to their players. I also hate to say it but if it was Porcello, Bonderman, Verlander or Scherzer, they would have gotten the call over a no-name latino ballplayer. It's almost like he wanted him to fail.
I hate to say it but what has been missed is if this was in New York or Boston, this wouldn't have happened to their players. I also hate to say it but if it was Porcello, Bonderman, Verlander or Scherzer, they would have gotten the call over a no-name latino ballplayer. It's almost like he wanted him to fail.
If you have the power and the opportunity to make something right you need to do it or else you lose all credibility.
Everyone knows it was wrong including the ump who made the call, so are you just going to ignore what is really right just because some outdated rule says so.
Nobody is going to like this, but I don't think the call should be reversed. Umpires are not going to be right 100% of the time, but for the most part they are right. Bad calls are part of the game and always have been. If you overrule this then what's next balls and strikes? Most of the bad calls are there. Where would it stop? The calls go both ways. The only difference is good teams lose a game because of the muffed call while great teams overcome them. Lets not forgot about the most important thing here, baseball is a team sport and a win is more important than his personal achievement. He knows he was perfect, the Tigers and Indians know, the umpires know, MLB knows, heck the whole world knows. It is a shame for Armando as he had a PERFECT outing, but it is what it is, and in his case it's a 1 hit shutout.
Anytime someone has the legitimate ability to right an obvious wrong, he or she should exercise that right and not waste a lot of time thinking about it.
There is not a being in the universe that thinks the runner was safe. Not even the runner or the umpire.
Make it right, Bud!
Two wrongs don't make a right, the kid threw a perfect game, it should be acknowledged as one, no asterisk, no no hitter, he threw a perfect game plain and simple, the commissioner needs to step up and change the decision, only 20 perfect games in the history of baseball, it's a monumentous event, don't deprive the kid of #21.
There has to be a way to make this right. I am wondering why one of the other umpires was not able to overrule Joyce's call? If I was Leyland, I would have stayed out there on the field until either the call was reversed or I was booted from the stadium. Good Lord, even the base runner knew he was out by a mile and put his hands on his head like he couldn't believe the bad call! BRUTAL!
I know that you can not file a protest solely based on an ump's judgment, but if I was a part of the Tiger's organization I would make my best argument and file one anyway. I think that they have until noon today to file an official protest. Maybe Selig and MLB will step up somehow.
You can't reverse the umpires call. But the official scorekeeper can change (and has in the past ,ahit for an ERROR. hE STILL GETS HIS NO HITTER. JUST NOT A PERFECT GAME.
I was at the stadium and was in disbelief at the call.