Posted on 06/02/2010 6:52:08 PM PDT by Museum Twenty
An open letter to the President of the American League and the Comissioner of Baseball:
Gentlemen:
I have loved baseball my entire, rather long life.
Regarding tonight's game in Detroit, you both, for the integrity of the game, have a duty and responsibility to reverse the call. Fix it. Get it right.
It is sufficiently clear. Statistics regarding the 28th batter can be reversed out.
A concept such as “we don’t change calls after the fact” holds no water in these rather unique circumstances. Fix it. Get it right.
There is the concept of a protested game, when the actual outcome of a game can be reversed after the fact. By the League President.
There is the concpt of “thrown games,” when the Comissioner can do as he sees fit to fix things, to get them right.
That is what leadership is about. To do otherwise is simply pigheaded stubborness. Do not hide behind the skirts of the law.
Put an asterisk in the Rulebook under your unilateral authority for the integrity of the game: Replay can be used when the call for the 27th out of a Perfect Game is in dispute.
Gentlemen, fix it. Get it right.
Thank you.
They aren’t going to change the call but it will be viewed and replayed so many times that few will ever deny that it was actually a perfect game.
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Pretty crappy thing to happen to a pitcher but that’s baseball.
Is Arnold Rothstein friends with this umpire? /s
Just saw the replay as I am watching my beloved NYY...
He was out by a step...that is just wrong.
Thank you. I love the Pancake Bunny!
In the post game the umpire admitted he blew the call, and cost the kid a perfect game.
The you tube video of the last play already had a number of death threats toward the umpire.
I found out about it through your post, and after reviewing the tape, I agree with you.
One of the worst calls I’ve ever seen. He was not just out, he was out by a mile.
You honestly think the Commissioner of Baseball reads FR??????????
If I read the schedule correctly, they’ll be there again tomorrow afternoon.
Baseball sucks, too slow.
Football is the new American pastime.
Its all a matter of personal preference. I personally like baseball better than football.
In fact I eve like hockey more than football.
Yeah, and Jim Joyce (the umpire in question) is calling balls and strikes tomorrow. Oughta be a good time at the old ballyard.
It was actually better than a perfect game. Galarraga got 28 guys out in a row — the first time anyone ever legitimately got more than 27 out without anyone reaching base. You could make an argument, on this basis, that this was the best single-game pitching performance in MLB history.
They still play football?
Detroit and Chicago pretend to. ;)
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