Armando Galarraga pitches 28 out perfect game

That has to be one of the worst calls i have ever seen. I wish they would have started throwing things at him in the stadium

but watching that game, that was absolutely ridiculous and Jim Joyce deserves to be fired immediately. I have no idea who the hell would rule in favor of the 27th out in a perfect game on a close play, let alone an obvious one at that. I can only hope it’s overturned and Galarraga is rewarded with the 21st perfect game.

Does the commish have the power to overturn the call? Who knows?

do I get a vote?

I would probably lose all motivation to keep pitching if that happened to me. Just completely goddamn ridiculous.

Joyce looked liked he wanted to call an out…
(until he remembered he’s a jerk, and wanted to tarnish a perfectly amazing perfect game- complete with an awesome catch my AJAX which will be forgotten unfortunately)

That kind of call should never happen, it better get overturned! That really sucks for all of you guys, and I can’t imagine how Galarraga must feel right now…

I am sorry, but this is so, so galling

Maybe you know Kurt, does the commish have the power to overturn the call?

Armando handled it like a champ though, I guess there’s nothing to do in that situation but smile

He should be publicly excorciating Joyce. There’s no defense for a big league umpire to blow that call.

Joyce must be suspended immediately.

I thought for sure leyland would have gotten thrown out.

Wow.

Umm, they can overturn calls. IIRC didn’t Polanco get a bunch of errors changed to keep his streaks going?

If you guys riot tonight, the rest of the country will understand……..

I’ve watched tiger baseball for a long time. And to take away a perfect game is the greatest shame there is… I know Jim Joyce is a great umpire but right now I hopes he dies from penis cancer, he took away from me and everyone who watched that game from start to finsh……………………………..

They can overturn this

I have one word to say: outrageous

@FakeJimJoyce Hittin’ the clubs tonight with my buddy Don Denkinger.

If this is what it takes to get instant replay in baseball, then it’s likely well worth the missed perfect game. This will end up being one of the most famous perfect games of all time anyway, who cares if it shows up in the stat sheet.

All I can say is Wow. Thats just crazy. Two things wrong with that play.
A) First of all he was clearly out and
B) When 26 batters have been retired and we’re on the verge of the 3rd perfect game this year, and the play was that “close” (I use that term loosely) you call him out 100 times of 100. Thats just effing retarted.

I do have a theory though as to why he called him safe. The game was going along VERY quickly correct? Well maybe just maybe his wife had caught him cheating the night before with his lover and he was trying to buy some extra time from coming home because she worked at 8:30. Thats the only logical thing I can think of.

it didn’t cost galarraga baseball immortality. Cost him a spot on the list of perfect games, but this is a moment that will be replayed for a long, long time.

for the rest of my life, whenever perfect games are discussed, I will chime in about this game. Jim Joyce’s name will live in infamy with me until my dying day.

Via freelance writer Dave Hogg on Twitter:

http://twitter.com/Stareagle/statuses/15291664990

Jim Joyce was utterly distraught when we talked to him. “Biggest call of my career, and I kicked the s**t out of it.”

http://twitter.com/Stareagle/statuses/15291770365

Joyce said he didn’t know if he would try to talk to Galarraga. “I don’t know what to do. I just cost that kid a perfect game.”

not sure if people remember, but back in 2001 Randy Johnson struck out 20 in the first 9 innings of what ended up being an extra innings game. At first, they said it didn’t count as the most strikeouts in a 9 inning game, then changed the ruling:

http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=randy_johnson_1963

I know I’m stating the obvious, but you guys did get screwed. I’m pissed off too, not at the Indians, but at Jim Joyce and baseball in general. When it’s that goddamn obvious, they need to do some sort of instant replay. Bud needs to realize that the umps aren’t consistent enough to make these calls right. They shouldn’t give shit about replay taking too long or whatever the hell they come up with. Now is the time to institute a rule, and the first official ruling will be changing that call to make this a perfect game. I tip my hat to Galarraga for keeping his composure, and even managing a small smile. I’m sure 99.99% of the population would’ve lost it, myself included. Galarraga is on my list for perfect games, regardless of what Joyce said. He will forever ump in baseball hell with all the players being Ty Cobb.

I LOVE HIM!

Tigers Live isn’t even scheduled to start yet. Hell of a performance by Armando

Reporter: “Did he [Joyce] think he bobbled it?”
JL: “That’s the great part…”

Fantastic.

But a couple years ago, CC Sabathia pitched a complete game 1-hitter, with that one hit being an infield single to the pitcher that CC bobbled as he tried throwing to first. The Brewers tried to lobby MLB to change that hit to an error. Now, they didn’t succeed, but is it possible the Tigers could use the same channel of appeal?

By the way, I annoyed a bunch of people at work by hiding in the back and listening to the ninth inning on the radio. Dan and Jim were pissed, then distraught. Hell, during the postgame show, Dan accidentally said “Tigers lose 3-0” and didn’t realize he messed up.

One would think that Joyce would be predisposed in that situation to calling an out, given the momentousness of the prefect game. That he would call him safe, and so badly, truly puzzles me.

Also, he should EABOD and DIAF.

but now, he’s one of my favorites. He showed such heart, both pitching, and reacting to being royally screwed.

speechless…

get those damn cubs fans out of here.

understand, he admitted he was wrong. Why can’t they go back and change it?

Something like this is going to affect the ump much more than Armondo.

Joyce will be up all night worrying about any fines/demotions/not being in the postseason. He will be afraid of the calls that will be coming from Selig, the head umps, and unfortunately the death threats. He will wonder why he messed up, how could he change it, will MLB change it, etc. You can bet that Joyce wants no part of tomorrow’s game. He will say he wants to make it right, but nothing he can do will ever make it right.

Armondo will come down from his high, probably get a bunch of calls from friends and family and be excited to talk to mom. She will say she doesn’t care and that it was a perfect game. He will understand that he’s probably not going back to AAA unless he completely implodes or is injured. He will sleep like a baby because the pressure is not on him whatsoever. He did his part and there’s nothing more he can do. He had a perfect game.

There is no excuse for blowing that call. That close, you have to give him the benefit of the doubt. Joyce should be ashamed.

I already said it on my dumb blog, but no one is perfect. But Armando should’ve been today.

In all things the juju has been strange and treacherous.

Back when JV pitched the no hitter, I didn’t have satellite and couldn’t watch. I went to his very next start and he got absolutely rocked by the Twins. Now we get a guy who’s one out from a perfect game and this happens….wow.

Head to the Copa, splurge on some seats right behind the plate, what the hell, ya only live once, right?
I’ll make sure to bring a 30 pack of off-brand D-Cells.

Awww….

There was more awesome about that game than crappy.

I thought for sure that the perfect game and no-hitter and everything was gone at the beginning of the inning when that ball was hit to Austin Jackson. :)

It was a perfect game. And then some. Important: the Tigers needed that win.

I have never been more sad about a Tigers win.

The team NEEDED a win, very badly, and Armando knew he wasn’t going to get a lot of run support because – well, it’s the Tigers and they don’t do that stuff – so he knew from the start of the game he was going to have to pitch very well to give his team a chance to get back on track.

And that is just what he did.

(Still talking on the ESPN game about it, too.)

They start out joyfully and gloating after the blown call, then it slowly settles in what they just saw (or didn’t see)…………

I cheer for all perfect games, even if one day, it happens against the Tigers. You always pray before you go to a game that you get to see something special like that.

The guys calling the Cards-Reds game on ESPN are ripping on Joyce too. He’s going to hear about this one for a long time.

And unlike someone posited about this one being forgotten after a while, this was a completely blown call, on par with Don Denkinger’s blown call, albeit on a less important stage. I think this game could be remembered among the great bad calls.

Armando pitched the 21st perfect game in MLB history. Period.

Im a Twins fan and I don’t dislike the Tigers mostly because of my love for Miggy but that’s he type of thing that should only happen to the White Sux or Indians.

I really think if Miggy stays home on that play, I think Carlos makes that play easily and has A LOT of time to make and easy throw to first. Granted it was hit to a tough spot, and Miggy and Mando both played it perfectly, but still. Just to think….

I don’t get to see games, but I was pissed. MLB needs to do right.

“I don’t know what to do. I cost that kid a perfect game. Biggest call of my career and I kicked the **** out of it”

Classy, classy guys, those two.

Until tonight.

BillKempin Oil spill update: Bad news for Florida’s beaches. Umpire Jim Joyce just declared them safe.

The Baseball Project ought to rewrite this tune for good ’ol Armando.

1. Both starters went the distance. How often does that happen?
2. Both starters went the distance while each throwing under 100 pitches (96 for Carmona, and an astonishing 88 for Galarraga). How often does THAT happen?!

declared the game perfect!!

Dontrelle’s first start for Arizona is scheduled for Saturday. If he stays in the rotation for 3 starts and they keep the same rotation his 3rd start will fall on June 20th… in Detroit

Jim Joyce admitted to the mistake. Personally, I’ve made a few mistakes in my job, but I was fortunate enough not to have them replayed in front of millions of people. Lets give the guy a little credit for admitting he was wrong.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VnPdn3PMuU

It’s kind of long, but still good.

who are clamoring for MLB to reverse the botched call and give Armando his deserved perfecto.

It came to mind that Joyce’s botched call might have not been a conscious decision; maybe he felt so much mental pressure at that moment he did the opposite of what he intended to do. Kind of like saying the wrong name during your wedding vows? Not to excuse it, but think of an explanation. Just a thought.

Not that it’s not still mind-boggling that he did it.

Clearly shows he was out. I haven’t posted anything here at all tonight yet because in no way would it have been safe for me to be near something as breakable and expensive as a computer during the aftermath of that game. But I’m sure I reacted quite the same way many of you did: shaking and screaming obscenities at the television. I was at first incredibly pissed at Jim Joyce, but now I just feel bad for him too. He knows he made a mistake, and he feels awful. At this point all we can hope for is an overruling of the call to solidify it in the history books as a perfect game, or at least for it to be counted as one with an asterisk. I mean come on, it’s the first 28-out perfect game in history. And it kills me that this had to happen to Armando. After all the adversity he’s faced, for him to do something this spectacular is indescribable, and for the achievement of a lifetime to be taken away from him on one bad call is inexcusable.