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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I wish, that would be sweet
What problems? They have the populace right where they want them-underemployed, undereducated, and under their control. They have plenty of time for important work like this.
Huh? Do you really know baseball? How the heck do you ask for help????? He didn't realize he blew it until watching the replay himself.....
The call at the base must be instantaneous, you don't check with the "other guys" in order to reach a concensus.......The only person who asks for help is the plate umpire who immediately looks to the first base umpire to determine whether a checked swing was a strike..........
If she really gets into this, maybe she’ll award the Pistons the NBA title while she’s at it
Umps confer over calls all the time.
Typical Lib - Oh we can’t hurt his self esteem, nobody loses we are all winners.
Bullsh!t. Galarraga was stand up man. He didn’t whine, bitch and moan. He accepted Umpire Joyce’s apology and showed true character. Unfortunately the peepants libs won’t learn anything from this.
Life isn’t fair, deal with it. My wife is dying from a cranial tumor. It sucks but she never complains. She is a true inspiration to everyone she meets.
BTW Joyce is a stand up guy too!
She could award the unemployed jobs. I sure could use one.
Guess I’ll have to be happy by being “Blown Away”, from the job market.
Remember George Brett and the pine tar HR? The league stepped-in after the game and changed the call. They have done it many times.
Every day, prior games are revised; errors are turned into hit retroactively, hits into errors, etc. It happens ALL THE TIME.
There is absolutely NO reason MLB can't correct this clear error and give him his perfect game, none. They have made changes before, and as I said, are revising finished games all of the time.
Selig is spineless. Change the damn call and spare this umpire and give the kid his DESERVED chunk of history.
Shhhhh! Don't say that, just in case she wants to run for POTUS!
Why doesn’t the Governor of Ohio just declare “no he didn’t.”
In a related story, dfwgator awarded the Florida Gators the 2010 BCS Football Championship.
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Not on safe or out base calls...
MI Gov., perfect dunce.
He will be soon forgotten. How many people know the name of the pitcher who threw 13 perfect innings in a game, only to lose 1-0?
Almost doesn’t count, except in horseshoes and hand grenades
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.>>>>>>>>>>
If I was Commissioner I would have made a rule exception due to extraordinary circumstances and made sure Galarraga got his perfect game recognized. Major League baseball blew it. Perfect games are so rare that an exception is in order
Great news for Galarraga!! At contract time he’ll sure be in good shape using Granholms “gift” as a negotiating tool.
All the time? Cite me 5 recorded examples where a base umpire declaring the baserunner out or safe was overruled by a "concensus" of the other umpires........
He will be soon forgotten. How many people know the name of the pitcher who threw 13 perfect innings in a game, only to lose 1-0?>>>>>>>
Harvey Hadixx. I knew that one I was little but had to use google to refresh my memory
25% unemployment and she is worried about a baseball game. gotta love the libtards priorities!!!
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