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Umpire: ‘I just cost that kid a perfect game’
MSNBC/Associated Press ^ | June 2, 2010 | Larry Lage

Posted on 06/02/2010 7:09:29 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

DETROIT - Armando Galarraga of the Detroit Tigers lost his bid for a perfect game Wednesday night with two outs in the ninth inning on a call that first base umpire Jim Joyce later admitted he blew.

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KEYWORDS: armandogalarraga; michigan
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1 posted on 06/02/2010 7:09:29 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

This one is going to overshadow the other perfect games this year.


2 posted on 06/02/2010 7:10:58 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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other perfect games this year...................other? This was not a perfect game.


3 posted on 06/02/2010 7:11:40 PM PDT by whence911 (Here illegally? Go home. Get in line!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

In an honorable world someone would hand this guy a Luger and say,”Let me hear some interesting news about you tomorrow.”


4 posted on 06/02/2010 7:12:01 PM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: Free ThinkerNY
At least he owned up to his mistake...doesn't change the fact that the kid lost his - likely once in a lifetime - perfect game.

There are umps who would insist they were right - even with the evidence staring him in the face.

5 posted on 06/02/2010 7:12:28 PM PDT by ninergold3 (Danny Tarkanian for US Senate (NV) - www.tark2010.org)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

This is one of the worst calls I have ever seen in baseball. The kid touched the base two steps before the runner got there. Horrible! This could significantly change the game.


6 posted on 06/02/2010 7:13:09 PM PDT by kempster
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One of the guys on ESPNews said, the worst call ever. I’m trying to think. The wolrd series call was bad and affected an entire team.


7 posted on 06/02/2010 7:16:32 PM PDT by whence911 (Here illegally? Go home. Get in line!)
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To: whence911

Agreed. Clearly, a WS screw up is much bigger than this one game.


8 posted on 06/02/2010 7:18:41 PM PDT by Comparative Advantage
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I hear that the Yankees want this ump to do their post season games this year. LOL!


9 posted on 06/02/2010 7:19:33 PM PDT by fkabuckeyesrule
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To: ninergold3
At least he owned up to his mistake...doesn't change the fact that the kid lost his - likely once in a lifetime - perfect game. There are umps who would insist they were right - even with the evidence staring him in the face.

That's why this admission is garbage - he WAS confronted by themanager and team and the replay evidence on the field, and he refused to change his call.

Apologizing now, after he knows his refusal to speak the trugh did it's destruction, is just a perverted gloating on his part - not an apology. It's not enough that he did what he did - now he's trying to get everyone to forgive and accept him for doing what he knew was wrong.

As an aside, I'll give you one guess how he votes.

10 posted on 06/02/2010 7:19:43 PM PDT by Talisker (When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
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To: Comparative Advantage

Difference between mid-season and world series. Difference between individual and team impact.


11 posted on 06/02/2010 7:20:41 PM PDT by whence911 (Here illegally? Go home. Get in line!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

So sad, too bad... good officiating is a part of obtaining a perfect game... just like good fielding. Many perfect games have been blown due to bad calls, I am sure.. this one is only noteworthy because it was the final out.


12 posted on 06/02/2010 7:21:00 PM PDT by Chet 99
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This could significantly change the game.

I hope not. If the Ump were on the take, as the Refs are in Basketball, I'd agree with you, though.

13 posted on 06/02/2010 7:21:18 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Build a man a fire; he'll be warm for a night. Set a man on fire; he'll be warm the rest of his life)
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To: Talisker

How was he confronted by instant replay on the field before the next pitch? It’s not legal to go to the replay in those situations.


14 posted on 06/02/2010 7:21:37 PM PDT by whence911 (Here illegally? Go home. Get in line!)
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To: Cyber Liberty

This ump has been in the majors for 22 years and well respected. If he was on the take, it would have become suspect or known by now.


15 posted on 06/02/2010 7:22:37 PM PDT by whence911 (Here illegally? Go home. Get in line!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

The ump acted ‘stupidly’.


16 posted on 06/02/2010 7:24:18 PM PDT by mellow velo (Elect an adult; vote Conservative.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

In a situation like this, the runner is out even if he is two steps past the bag.


17 posted on 06/02/2010 7:24:19 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: Free ThinkerNY

The ump should have asked for help from the other umps and the crew chief should have over-ruled.


18 posted on 06/02/2010 7:25:07 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: ninergold3

There are umps who would insist they were right - even with the evidence staring him in the face.

It is the same with liberals. No matter how badly one of their policies fail, they insist that it is a success. Hell, Biden is insisting that Porkulus was successful beyond his wildest dreams.


19 posted on 06/02/2010 7:25:45 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The US will not die with a whimper. It will die with thundering applause from the left.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Here's Joyce driving home after the game.

20 posted on 06/02/2010 7:25:57 PM PDT by dfwgator
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