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Mich. governor awards Galarraga 'perfect game'
AP via Yahoo! News ^ | 6-3-2010 | Assosiated Press

Posted on 06/04/2010 2:35:14 PM PDT by Route797

MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. – Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has issued a proclamation that says Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga pitched a perfect game against Cleveland, despite an umpire's blown call.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: armandogalarraga; baseball; detroittigers; galarraga; granholm; michigan; mlb
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I wish all of our problems could be solved this easily.
1 posted on 06/04/2010 2:35:15 PM PDT by Route797
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To: Route797

Bud Selig is the one with horsepower here.


2 posted on 06/04/2010 2:36:30 PM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: Route797

I hereby declare Malibu Jenny to be the “Worst Michigan Governor Ever”.


3 posted on 06/04/2010 2:37:04 PM PDT by rfp1234
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To: Route797

Symbolism over substance....


4 posted on 06/04/2010 2:37:35 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Peanut butter was just peanut butter until I found Free Republic.........)
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To: Route797

Brilliant move by the smartest Canadian in the US :)


5 posted on 06/04/2010 2:37:46 PM PDT by Raider Sam (They're on our left, right, front, and back. They aint gettin away this time!)
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To: Raider Sam

Mark Steyn is the Governor of Michigan?


6 posted on 06/04/2010 2:38:51 PM PDT by hobbes1 (Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to...." ;)
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To: Route797

Isn’t that sweet? Selig,for once,is right. Until replay is in the rulebook for that situation, too bad. Although the ump who made the dumbass call could have asked for help right there and the crew chief could have overruled right there on the spot.


7 posted on 06/04/2010 2:39:46 PM PDT by GQuagmire ( We are no longer Massholes)
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To: Route797

Governor should butt out.

The Commish was supposed to make a decision about the call.


8 posted on 06/04/2010 2:39:54 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Route797
Oh how very “populist” of her.Michigan is dying and *this* is the way she gets votes??? Well,she's a “progressive” so why should I be surprised?
9 posted on 06/04/2010 2:41:24 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Host The Beer Summit-->Win The Nobel Peace Prize!)
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To: Hot Tabasco
Symbolism over substance....

...thy name is Democrat.

10 posted on 06/04/2010 2:41:36 PM PDT by Interesting Times (For the truth about "swift boating" see ToSetTheRecordStraight.com)
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To: GQuagmire

“Although the ump who made the dumbass call...”

It wasn’t as easy a call as some have made it out to be. At least he admitted he was wrong...


11 posted on 06/04/2010 2:42:08 PM PDT by Flightdeck (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: Route797

The toughest thing people have to learn in life, is that things are not always fair. Galarraga accepted the situation. His manager did. The team did.

This governor should grow up. Even most fifteen year old kids know this lesson.

I’m sorry Galarraga got cheated out of this accomplishment, but his name well forever be ensconced in baseball lore because of it. He will be a household name long after he is dead.

You and I should be so lucky.


12 posted on 06/04/2010 2:43:58 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (J. D. Hayworth, the next Senator, the Great State of Arizona - Sen. Poopdeck, Panama is calling...)
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To: Flightdeck

He knew he blew it. He could have asked for help.


13 posted on 06/04/2010 2:44:17 PM PDT by GQuagmire ( We are no longer Massholes)
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To: Route797
Democrats "deeming" it so?

-PJ

14 posted on 06/04/2010 2:45:40 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ("Comprehensive" reform bills only end up as incomprehensible messes.)
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To: Route797

Glad the problems in Michigan are so solved the Governor can afford the time to screw around with crap like this.


15 posted on 06/04/2010 2:46:24 PM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (FREE ARIZONA!)
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To: DoughtyOne

Galarraga deserves a “*” by his name...it is a perfect game as far as I’m concerned. It’s simply another sign the game has gone down a notch...with second-class umps now working for the major leagues.


16 posted on 06/04/2010 2:47:15 PM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Flightdeck
It wasn’t as easy a call as some have made it out to be.

I watched the game and it was actually pretty routine. Even the TV announcer doing the play by play called him out and then had to reverse his call to match the umpire.

17 posted on 06/04/2010 2:47:50 PM PDT by CharacterCounts (November 4, 2008 - the day America drank the Kool-Aid)
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To: Route797

I’m sure a lot of close plays at the plate are “miscalled”. The game would have been incontestably perfect if the pitcher had thrown a final pitch that could not have been hit. Both men acted with class.

Granholm is grandstanding, and could better spend her time on reducing Michigan’s unemployment rate.


18 posted on 06/04/2010 2:48:25 PM PDT by ntnychik
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To: Psycho_Bunny

I wish I could get her to spend 100% of her time on crap like this. She would have less time to screw over every Michigan taxpayer.


19 posted on 06/04/2010 2:49:47 PM PDT by CharacterCounts (November 4, 2008 - the day America drank the Kool-Aid)
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To: DoughtyOne
"Even most fifteen year old kids used to know this lesson."

Our society has spent a lot of time and effort making things *fair*. It used to be about fairness of opportunity; it's now about fairness of outcome. What Governor Grandstand is doing here will appeal to that mentality, and be seen as a meaningful act.

20 posted on 06/04/2010 2:50:55 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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