This will eventually lead to a challenge system like they have in football and it will be separate from home run instant replay.
The right thing to do would be to give him the perfect game and change the call. It would have been the last out of the game. But I have full faith Bud Selig will f this up like he does everything else.
I get mad at stuff like this, this guy could have been the 21st pitcher to throw a perfect game in the HISTORY of the MLB. But the umpire misses a call that even Helen Keller could have seen. I would be so mad if I was that pitcher, I would sue the MLB because he made history but the umpire screwed him over.
I dont see the harm in changing the call...without a doubt, this was the 21st perfect game in MLB history. The players know it, the umps know it, and the fans know it. You're not stepping on anyones toes by changing the call.
If this call is changed, then how can you not also go back to '85 and change that outcome as well? Brule's rules.
They should have done it when it took place...but this situation is in the present and Selig can take care of it now.
I think one of the reasons they wont do it is because its never been done before, but in my opinion theres a first time for everything. I'm pretty glad I missed this game because if I was watching I would have punched the damn TV. A lot of good things dont happen in the city of Detroit so to have this taken from us really sucks.
if it wasn't the last call of the game, i can understand every reason to uphold the call But given that it was the final call and should have ended the game...I think they should seriously look at reversing the call
If they don't change a crucial call in a deciding postseason game like the '85 World Series, '96 ALCS, or '03 NLCS, they won't change a regular season game. I don't agree with your argument that just because it happened in recent hours, it's the "present." Like the '85 World Series, Galarraga's 28-out Perfect Game is in the past. Keep in mind I believe the right thing to do is correct it, but it's not fair to the game, as is with the "human element."
I can't sleep, this is driving me crazy. I feel so bad for Galarraga but I think I'm starting to feel worse for Joyce. He's been a good ump for over two decades from what I've read. Why, oh WHY wasn't he thinking "out, out, out" as the runner headed for first?!? He should have been ready to make that call on any close play. /beating dead horse
At some point, MLB needs to step to the plate and make changes that are good for the game. Just because they didnt do anything 25 years ago doesnt mean they should never do it...thats silly reasoning. The only way you improve is my changing bad habits...and MLB can take a huge step in the right direction if they change the call that took place tonight.
Here's a vid of that amazing Willie Mays catch by Austin Jackson: http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=8615499 The more I think about it, this *perfect game will end up being remembered over a lot of the other ones because of the blown call. The most important person in this situation, Galaragga, knows that he threw a perfect game, even if it isn't reflected in the record books. Every Detroit fan knows that he threw a perfect game. Just about every baseball fan knows that he threw a perfect game, including Indians fans. Every media outlet that I've come across tonight has fully acknowledged that Joyce blew the call. Joyce fully acknowledged that he blew the call. It'll likely never be an "official" perfect game but it may end up being even more famous and talked about because of what took place. Galaragga's gem won't be forgotten like a lot of other one-hitters.
I agree with you 100%. I just don't believe MLB has the leadership in place to accomplish this. When I alluded to bull**** unwritten rules in an earlier post, this is one of the reasons. This "old fashioned" approach is not logical whatsoever when EVERYONE involved agrees the call was incorrect. I don't mean to sound cliche, but it is a slippery slope in a game that focuses on statistics and judgment calls. If Bud Selig was in charge of the NFL, there would never have been instant replay. The NFL is run like a business and will make the necessary adjustments to maintain satisfaction from their consumers. Baseball (or truly MLB) in the Selig era, is so out of touch with modern day America; pushing "tradition" is the key to the game's relevance, so by refusing to alter the batting records of the last 15-20 years is evidence that this event will be no different. Selig, MLB, and the owners unapologetically duped and w****'d America out of billions of dollars since '95 for their own monetary gains, so one would hope at the least that this would be a small token of appreciation, instead of entirely alienating your source of revenue. But, as said, this is a Bud Selig-led corporation we're talking about.
Not a single person on this earth will complain if Selig overturns this. Hell, restart the game from that moment if you want.
That's even less likely than the extreme unlikelihood of him reversing the call. The bottom line is that Galaragga threw a perfect game and he and just about everybody in the baseball world knows it. His *perfect game will probably even be remembered more than some of the official ones because of the circumstances.
