Should Bud Selig reverse the call and award Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga the perfect game?
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Fact 1: It was a missed call. Replay illustrates he was out by a step.
Fact 2: The Umpire agrees that he blew the call.
Fact 3: The outcome of the game will not be affected if the play is reversed and a perfect game is awarded.
Fact 4: No one loses anything if the play is reversed.
The following chain of events needs to occur.
1: Jason Donald needs to say he is willing to have his hit ruled an out and award a perfect game to Galaragga.
2: The umpire needs to make a formal statement to Bud Selig and the MLB that he missed the call and it should be reversed.
3: The Tigers organization, on behalf of Galarraga, should appeal the call.
Even though Bud Selig just announced that he would not reverse the call, I feel this is a blatant mistake by the league. This will only further isolate fans from the game and start prompting further heated debate on the use of Instant Replay. Also, what about the umpire? Since the ruling isn't going to be reversed, how can this guy confidently make calls behind the plate or on the field? I don't see how anyone wins from this situation. Bud says it is important to keep the human element of baseball intact, but this is precisely why the human element is failing. The MLB had the chance to change a mistake and award history to a deserving player, but instead this will go down as the day when then MLB realized they need instant replay for just more than homeruns.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5248118
I watched this game and I will continue to tell everyone I know that I saw a perfect game on June 2nd from Armando Galarraga.
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Goooo Tigers!
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I believe Armondo Galaraga will be more famous for not throwing a perfect game, then if he had actually done it without controversy.
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