The story of a bad call (shown above) by baseball umpire Jim Joyce (on left below) robbing Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga (on right) of a perfect game has been reported over and over ad nauseam.
It’s time to get over it. Don’t criticize the refusal of Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig for not reversing the call even though camera evidence clearly showed the runner was out and umpire Jim Joyce admitted the call was a mistake.
And don’t cry for the participants.
Jim Joyce will live with his bad call for the rest of his umpiring career. He will forever be known as the umpire who ruined a perfect game.
If Bud Selig would have reversed the call, Armando Galarraga would always be known as the pitcher with the “perfect game - followed by an asterisk.”
Besides, their joint celebrity may be good for both of them.
They may end up like Bobby Thompson and Ralph Branca after the 1951 game when Thompson of the New York Giants hit a home run off Brooklyn Dodger pitcher Branca. The home run put the Giants in the World Series.
It was an historic event. Later Thompson and Branca made appearances together at collectibles shows, and sold jointly autographed baseballs.
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