Blown call by umpire Jim Joyce costs Galarraga perfect Game

theLIBERTARIAN · El Loco Joined: 24 Sep 2005 Posts: 11424

DETROIT -- Armando Galarraga bitterly sipped a beer minutes after he almost pitched a perfect game, lashing out at first base umpire Jim Joyce for blowing a call on what would have been the final out to negate his place in baseball history.

An apology and hug changed Galarraga's attitude.

Joyce, in tears, asked for a chance to apologize after the Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Indians 3-0 Wednesday night.

"You don't see an umpire after the game come out and say, `Hey, let me tell you I'm sorry,"' Galarraga said "He felt really bad. He didn't even shower."

The perfect game that wasn't.

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Biscuit · Forum Guru Joined: 02 Nov 2006 Posts: 9073 Location: Here

Its Bush's fault!!

theLIBERTARIAN · El Loco Joined: 24 Sep 2005 Posts: 11424

The big story was how Galarraga handled it and accepted the apology.