Detroit's Armando Galarraga has perfect game stolen.

turner10 · Post #2 » by **turner10** » Thu Jun 3, 2010 1:12 am

wow man makes me sick...maybe the worst call ever in baseball? under these circumstances..i don't understand why he wouldn't just give galaragga the benefit of the doubt even if it was close aha...jim joyce is gonna be feeling the heat!

RapsFanInVA · Post #3 » by **RapsFanInVA** » Thu Jun 3, 2010 1:16 am

This is beyond awful. Give the man a perfect game and send Joyce to the minors.

zilby · Post #4 » by **zilby** » Thu Jun 3, 2010 1:18 am

They just showed it on S-Net.

The Flying Gent · Post #5 » by **The Flying Gent** » Thu Jun 3, 2010 1:20 am

3 perfect games in what, less then 2 months? This is crazy...

satyr9 · Post #6 » by **satyr9** » Thu Jun 3, 2010 1:21 am

88 pitches is crazy too. 83 if you count the fact that's all it took to get 27 outs.

Curious to see if MLB does anything about it. I'd say it's not likely, definitely a possibility, but I wouldn't count on it.

SargentBargs101 · Post #7 » by **SargentBargs101** » Thu Jun 3, 2010 1:27 am

sick to my stomach.... unbelievable they got to over rule that

SargentBargs101 · Post #8 » by **SargentBargs101** » Thu Jun 3, 2010 1:29 am

worst call in mlb history!!!

satyr9 · Post #9 » by **satyr9** » Thu Jun 3, 2010 1:48 am

ESPN wrote:The veteran ump regretted it.

"I just cost that kid a perfect game," Joyce said. "I thought he beat the throw. I was convinced he beat the throw, until I saw the replay."

"It was the biggest call of my career," said Joyce, who became a full-time major league umpire in 1989.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=300602106

Brutal call, but I appreciate owning up afterwards.

Brinbe · Post #10 » by **Brinbe** » Thu Jun 3, 2010 1:53 am

satyr9 wrote:
ESPN wrote:The veteran ump regretted it.

"I just cost that kid a perfect game," Joyce said. "I thought he beat the throw. I was convinced he beat the throw, until I saw the replay."

"It was the biggest call of my career," said Joyce, who became a full-time major league umpire in 1989.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=300602106

Brutal call, but I appreciate owning up afterwards.

Yeah, and from what I read, he's considered a pretty good ump, so it's kinda sad that this will be his legacy from now on.

RapsFanInVA · Post #11 » by **RapsFanInVA** » Thu Jun 3, 2010 2:09 am

satyr9 wrote:
ESPN wrote:The veteran ump regretted it.

"I just cost that kid a perfect game," Joyce said. "I thought he beat the throw. I was convinced he beat the throw, until I saw the replay."

"It was the biggest call of my career," said Joyce, who became a full-time major league umpire in 1989.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=300602106

Brutal call, but I appreciate owning up afterwards.

Hmm...so even the best umpires make terrible calls? Remind me again why using replay would be a bad thing?

mastertang · Post #12 » by **mastertang** » Thu Jun 3, 2010 2:19 am

Wow... poor guy. I reallllllllly hope the MLB changes this somehow. What a terrible call.

wicked_crossova · Post #13 » by **wicked_crossova** » Thu Jun 3, 2010 2:53 am

the call has to stand unfortunately. Bad calls are part of the game and you cant go around making exceptions just because he has a perfect game going.

having said that, that REALLY sucks.

Hoopstarr · Post #14 » by **Hoopstarr** » Thu Jun 3, 2010 2:55 am

In hindsight, it is somewhat admirable that he didn't let the moment cloud his judgment. That said, man what an awful call at the worst possible time. Feel awful for Galarraga.

Randle McMurphy · Post #15 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Thu Jun 3, 2010 3:00 am

As a former umpire myself, I feel bad for Joyce. He knew he made a mistake almost immediately, and unfortunately, couldn't take it back. And even though he apologized, there's no real way to make it up to Galarraga. What a terrible and unfortunate way to end a game.

Garmfay · Post #16 » by **Garmfay** » Thu Jun 3, 2010 3:25 am

That was a travesty. Joyce even was about to get ready to have the punch out but suddenly in mid motion called it safe.

Hoopstarr · Post #17 » by **Hoopstarr** » Thu Jun 3, 2010 3:29 am

Garmfay wrote:That was a travesty. Joyce even was about to get ready to have the punch out but suddenly in mid motion called it safe.

Yea I noticed that slight hesitation too

draft · Post #18 » by **draft** » Thu Jun 3, 2010 3:29 am

Probably the worst call in sports history. Something that has only been done 30 times and he ruined it. The call wasn't even close.

Randle McMurphy · Post #19 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Thu Jun 3, 2010 3:32 am

He was listening for the ball in the glove as they teach you and Galarraga didn't catch it clean in the back of the mitt. That was what did it.

jim rockford · Post #20 » by **jim rockford** » Thu Jun 3, 2010 3:38 am

Randle McMurphy wrote:He was listening for the ball in the glove as they teach you and Galarraga didn't catch it clean in the back of the mitt. That was what did it.

that's what i presumed happened too. but someone in another thread said the umpire said he thought the runner beat the pitcher to bag. but maybe that's bad paraphrasing by him or me. i just can't believe the umpire thought the runner's foot got there first??