Posted on 06/03/2010 8:49:00 AM PDT by ICAB9USA
NEW YORK -- Major League Baseball was still deciding Thursday morning whether to review the umpire's blown call that cost Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga a perfect game.
Commissioner Bud Selig has the power to reverse umpire Jim Joyce's missed call that came with two outs in the ninth inning Wednesday night in Detroit. Joyce ruled Cleveland's Jason Donald safe, then admitted he got it wrong.
Selig would likely consult with his top advisers before making such a ruling. St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa says the call should be overturned.
Joyce was scheduled to be back at work Thursday afternoon, umpiring at home plate in the game between the Tigers and Indians.
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If they reverse an umpire’s call after the game, then baseball as we know it is dead.
If they don’t reverse the call, clearly that is racism.
This is a No-brainer.
But then again, Bud Selig is a No-brainer, too.
Will this finally make him realize that baseball needs replay for safe/out, fair/foul calls?
Tony’s wrong...you can’t overturn calls post-game....suppose the first batter of a game is called out when he was clearly safe...turns out, the pitcher throws a no-hitter..do we go back and review that first call and turn it around and take away a no-hitter??...magritte
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I see where you are coming from but I can’t say that I agree.
Baseball as we know it should be dead. Modern technology enables us to get it right. It should be used.
No. Can’t do that.
But the last batter should be able to be adjusted.
Not true at all. I believe they have done it in the past.
It should be made right. 21 perfect games among how many games played? Last out? Fire that ump, change the call, update the history books and move on.
Now that the camel's nose of instant replay is under the tent, it's only a matter of time before baseball is ruined.
I’d be OK with overturning it but they need to start using the instant replay but only for the fair/home run calls and limited onbase calls.
Damon should have been called out at 1st earlier in the game but wasn’t.
george brett, pine tar incident...reversed....baseball is still as we knew it....anything this blatant should be looked at....
Normally I might agree with you, but this is a case that justifies it. Baseball allows a check of instant replay to determine homeruns, why not in this instance as well? The next batter hit into the third out so the worst that can happen is the batter loses a hit he shouldn’t have gotten in the first place. The call was clearly wrong, the umpire agrees that it was clearly wrong, overturning it and awarding Gallaraga a complete game is only justice and not a travesty.
At one time, blown calls were considered part of the game, for better or for worse.
But since the ump has admitted his error and Selig has the power to overturn it, he should do so. One guy gets a hit negated, the next batter gets an out negated and the pitcher gets a perfect game, which he actually earned. No affect on the ultimate outcome of the game. I think this is an easy call.
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It's a very interesting question.
This seems like just one of those sad outcomes that happens in life.
Also: The pitcher has shown great class after the game, and will receive certainn credit for that .... and for the game that he pitched.
Been done before. George Brett's pinetar homerun comes to mind.
Reversed calls after the game is over?
Hey, how far back are they willing to go?
As a Cardinals fan, there is a certain abysmally wrong call at first base in the 1985 World Series, which cost the Redbirds a World Series title.
I thought the pitcher bobbled the ball, but I guess I’m the only one who thinks that. Even the umpire acknowledged that he made a bad call, but I have to disagree. Am I the only one who thinks the runner was safe because of a bobbled ball?
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