Umpire BLOWS Galarraga's Perfect Game

[localyokel]

And as for the use of replay - anything that slows the game down has to be good for baseball.

I'm especially fond of the argument against instituting full use of instant replay in MLB because baseball has traditionally been all about the "human" (i.e., excrutiatingly incompetent) element. Incorporating the use of all this new-fangled gadgetry like cameras & recording equipment would defile the purity of the game.
Work of the Devil, it is!


I think of these proponents of purism as fans of ALB: Amish League Baseball.

 

[NJ-Buckeye]

If HS ball had instant replay... my son would have been SAFE at third Saturday... BS call...

 

[localyokel]

If HS ball had instant replay... my son would have been SAFE at third Saturday... BS call...

Condolences...:(

(Seriously, there is nothing associated with sports that will drive me jibbering out of my tree more than bad officiating.
I can't stand seeing a game's outcome determined by a blown call--hate hate hate it!)

 

[Tonyank]

Hall to get base, spikes and ball from Galarraga gem

Ben Walker
Associated Press

The Hall of Fame has bagged the key evidence from Armando Galarraga's stolen perfect game.

The Detroit Tigers have told the Hall they will donate the first-base bag, Galarraga's spikes and a ball from last week's near-miss at Comerica Park.

A blown call by umpire Jim Joyce at first base on what would've been the final out cost Galarraga the 21st perfect game in history. Galarraga's right foot was on the base, but Joyce ruled that Cleveland's Jason Donald beat the play Wednesday night.

cont Hall to get base, spikes and ball from Galarraga gem

 

[Dryden]

ESPN Mag polls 100 players on umpiring, replay, and the Galarraga game. Players overwhelmingly name Joyce the games' best ump, in spite of his gaffe, with CB Bucknor being the worst, and West having the quickest hook.

Jim Joyce top MLB ump, players nix replay in ESPN The Magazine Baseball Confidential poll - ESPN

Baseball's best ump:
1. Jim Joyce (53%)
2. Tim McClelland (34%)
3. Jim Wolf (15%)

Baseball's worst ump:
1. CB Bucknor (37%)
2. Joe West (35%)
3. Angel Hernandez (22%)

Baseball's quickest hook:
1. Joe West (35%)
2. Rob Drake (12%)
3. Bill Hohn (9%)

Grade the umps:
1. B: 29%
2. C: 20%
3. A: 16%
Average grade: B

Replay on the bases?
Yes: 22%
No: 77%
Maybe: 1%

Replay on fair/foul calls?
Yes: 36%
No: 62%
Not sure: 2%

Overturn calls in Galarraga game?
Yes: 13%
No: 86%
Not sure: 1%