MLB chief rules out reversing umpire's mistake
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June 5, 2010, Saturday
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AN umpire's tears and admission he blew a call failed to move baseball commissioner Bud Selig to award Armando Galarraga the perfect game he pitched.
The play and its aftermath quickly became the talk of the sports world and beyond, even to the White House.
Selig said on Thursday that Major League Baseball will look at expanded replay and umpiring, but didn't specifically address umpire Jim Joyce's botched call on Wednesday that cost Galarraga the perfect game -- 27 batters up, 27 batters down. No hits, no walks, no errors.
A baseball official familiar with the decision confirmed that the call was not being reversed.
Joyce said he erred on what would've been the final out in Detroit, when he called Cleveland's Jason Donald safe at first base.
The umpire personally apologized to Galarraga and hugged him after the Tigers' 3-0 win, then took the field on Thursday in tears.
Tigers manager Jim Leyland picked Galarraga to present Detroit's lineup at home plate before Thursday's game to set up the emotional meeting with Joyce. They shook hands, and the umpire gave the pitcher a pat on the shoulder.
"I didn't want this to be my 15 minutes of fame. I would have liked my 15 minutes to be a great call in the World Series. Hopefully, my 15 minutes are over now," Joyce said.
"There's no doubt he feels bad and terrible," Galarraga said after Detroit beat Cleveland 12-6 on Thursday. "I have a lot of respect for the man. It takes a lot to say you're sorry and to say in interviews he made a mistake. I'm sad, but I know that I pitched a perfect game. The first 28-out perfect game," he said.
Denied the 21st perfect game in history, Galarraga still got a prize. The Tigers and Chevrolet presented him with a new Corvette.
The play and its aftermath quickly became the talk of the sports world and beyond, even to the White House.
Selig said on Thursday that Major League Baseball will look at expanded replay and umpiring, but didn't specifically address umpire Jim Joyce's botched call on Wednesday that cost Galarraga the perfect game -- 27 batters up, 27 batters down. No hits, no walks, no errors.
A baseball official familiar with the decision confirmed that the call was not being reversed.
Joyce said he erred on what would've been the final out in Detroit, when he called Cleveland's Jason Donald safe at first base.
The umpire personally apologized to Galarraga and hugged him after the Tigers' 3-0 win, then took the field on Thursday in tears.
Tigers manager Jim Leyland picked Galarraga to present Detroit's lineup at home plate before Thursday's game to set up the emotional meeting with Joyce. They shook hands, and the umpire gave the pitcher a pat on the shoulder.
"I didn't want this to be my 15 minutes of fame. I would have liked my 15 minutes to be a great call in the World Series. Hopefully, my 15 minutes are over now," Joyce said.
"There's no doubt he feels bad and terrible," Galarraga said after Detroit beat Cleveland 12-6 on Thursday. "I have a lot of respect for the man. It takes a lot to say you're sorry and to say in interviews he made a mistake. I'm sad, but I know that I pitched a perfect game. The first 28-out perfect game," he said.
Denied the 21st perfect game in history, Galarraga still got a prize. The Tigers and Chevrolet presented him with a new Corvette.
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