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Old 06-02-2010, 10:19 PM   #1351
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I went to ESPN.com to read about Griffey and saw this on the front page instead. I just LOL'd, unreal.

The Joyce hate is a silly though, seriously. He missed a call. Made a mistake. If Gallaraga had made a mistake, and allowed an double off the wall - nobody would be calling for his neck. Mistakes are part of the game. Even when they're at times like this. But when an umpire makes it - people just get so upset.

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Old 06-02-2010, 10:20 PM   #1352
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I went to ESPN.com to read about Griffey and saw this on the front page instead. I just LOL'd, unreal.

The Joyce hate is a silly though, seriously. He missed a call. Made a mistake. If Gallaraga had made a mistake, and allowed an double off the wall - nobody would be calling for his neck. Mistakes are part of the game. Even when they're at times like this. But when an umpire makes it - people just get so upset.

If Gallaraga makes a mistake its part of the game. These type of mistakes should not be.
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Old 06-02-2010, 10:21 PM   #1353
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I went to ESPN.com to read about Griffey and saw this on the front page instead. I just LOL'd, unreal.

The Joyce hate is a silly though, seriously. He missed a call. Made a mistake. If Gallaraga had made a mistake, and allowed an double off the wall - nobody would be calling for his neck. Mistakes are part of the game. Even when they're at times like this. But when an umpire makes it - people just get so upset.

This was kind of a big spot to eff up a call that was that obvious, man.
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Old 06-02-2010, 10:22 PM   #1354
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If Gallaraga makes a mistake its part of the game. These type of mistakes should not be.

What types of mistakes? Those made by umpires?
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Old 06-02-2010, 10:24 PM   #1355
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This was kind of a big spot to eff up a call that was that obvious, man.

Sure. Just like if a batter struck out on a bad swing in a big spot. It's a very untimely mistake.

That doesn't mean Joyce needs to be executed or whatever. Or that people need to completely lose their shit and literally HATE the guy.

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Old 06-02-2010, 10:25 PM   #1356
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What types of mistakes? Those made by umpires?

There is a significant difference between a mistake by a player affecting the outcome of a game and a mistake by an official affecting the outcome of a game.

If you don't understand that, then I don't know what to tell you.
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Old 06-02-2010, 10:25 PM   #1357
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Bad calls can be frustrating when they're against you're team, we've all been there. But they're not some kind of personal insult against someone that deserves that kind of response.
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Old 06-02-2010, 10:26 PM   #1358
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If Gallaraga makes a mistake its part of the game. These type of mistakes should not be.

But they are. They're always going to be part of the game when you have humans deciding who is and isn't safe. If these types of mistakes shouldn't be part of the game, then the answer isn't to fire each human who happens to make such a mistake at a really bad time, it's to take humans out of the equation entirely.
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Old 06-02-2010, 10:26 PM   #1359
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I went to ESPN.com to read about Griffey and saw this on the front page instead. I just LOL'd, unreal.

The Joyce hate is a silly though, seriously. He missed a call. Made a mistake. If Gallaraga had made a mistake, and allowed an double off the wall - nobody would be calling for his neck. Mistakes are part of the game. Even when they're at times like this. But when an umpire makes it - people just get so upset.

Tell the to Bill Buckner or Scott Norwood.
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Old 06-02-2010, 10:30 PM   #1360
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There is a significant difference between a mistake by a player affecting the outcome of a game and a mistake by an official affecting the outcome of a game.

If you don't understand that, then I don't know what to tell you.

How exactly are they different, in terms of the mistake actually being made? (Unless you're saying the umpire missed the call on purpose)

Is the umpire/referee somehow more "guilty" than the player? More worthy of personal hate than the player? Why?
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Old 06-02-2010, 10:31 PM   #1361
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Bad calls can be frustrating when they're against you're team, we've all been there. But they're not some kind of personal insult against someone that deserves that kind of response.


Dude, even the Cleaveland Indians commentators were ripping him a new one. It was a terrible call period.
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Old 06-02-2010, 10:32 PM   #1362
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Dude, even the Cleaveland Indians commentators were ripping him a new one. It was a terrible call period.

Which post are you responding to that said it wasn't a terrible call? I see no such post.
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Old 06-02-2010, 10:34 PM   #1363
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Dude, even the Cleaveland Indians commentators were ripping him a new one. It was a terrible call period.

I'm not sure the call was worse than your attempt to spell Cleveland.

I don't think you should be banned or suspended from FOFC though....

I know it was a hilariously terrible bad call. I just think the calls for firing/suspensions are equally hilarious.

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Old 06-02-2010, 10:34 PM   #1364
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Which post are you responding to that said it wasn't a terrible call? I see no such post.

I'm not refuting anyone, i'm just saying it was a terrible call.

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Old 06-02-2010, 10:36 PM   #1365
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I'm not sure the call was worse than your attempt to spell Cleveland.

I don't think you should be banned or suspended from FOFC though....

I know it was a hilariously terrible bad call. I just think the calls for firing/suspensions are equally hilarious.

I'm not even going to edit the spelling, i've been furious since the game ended and shaking with rage. I guess i'm silly.
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Old 06-02-2010, 10:41 PM   #1366
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I know it was a hilariously terrible bad call. I just think the calls for firing/suspensions are equally hilarious.

If you are in Detroit right now, there are no calls for firing or suspensions. We are more in the hanging mood right now.

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Old 06-02-2010, 10:43 PM   #1367
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If you are in Detroit right now, there are no calls for firing or suspensions. We are more in the hanging mood right now.


Jim Joyce is supposed to be working the plate for tommorow's game. Something tells me he won't.
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Old 06-02-2010, 10:45 PM   #1368
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I'm not even going to edit the spelling, i've been furious since the game ended and shaking with rage. I guess i'm silly.

It's totally understandable to be all upset for a while. Just don't beat up the guy's kids or anything if you run into them.
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Old 06-02-2010, 10:47 PM   #1369
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It's totally understandable to be all upset for a while. Just don't beat up the guy's kids or anything if you run into them.

Why would I beat up his kids? Are they blind too?

HA.

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Old 06-02-2010, 10:49 PM   #1370
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Old 06-02-2010, 11:08 PM   #1371
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I get that people are upset about Joyce's call, especially Tiger fans. Galarraga got robbed.

But let's get real here - mistakes happen all the time in umpiring & officiating. Until MLB decides to revise the rules, this kind of thing is going to happen. And let's also not forget that blown calls go both ways. You"o think Hudson got every ball and strike call correct? Not according to the Pitch F/X results via Gameday, and all of the questionable ball/strike calls for Galarraga went in his favor. By my count, there were three borderline called strike calls in the early innings, and a couple more late. None of them are egregious, and none of them by themselves had the impact that Joyce's blown call had. But they were likely mistakes just the same, and they had an impact on the game.

For those calling for the game to be "corrected" after the fact, let's remember that this is just one of 162 regular season games. The chances this will have any significant impact on the pennant races is low. If we're talking a call that is obviously blown that changes the outcome of who wins the World Series, yeah - I can see justification there for doing something as heavy-handed as changing the result of a game after the fact. But just to preserve a perfect game? Sorry, just not worth it and a bad precedent.

If this call is the straw that breaks the camel's back in getting MLB to start implementing new technology to supplement/replace umps, great.
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Old 06-02-2010, 11:13 PM   #1372
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I'm wondering if anyone would be clamoring for the league to change the call if it was the reverse and the ump had called someone out that was clearly safe. The call could be equally as bad and no one would be saying the ump should be fired.
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Old 06-02-2010, 11:14 PM   #1373
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Just announced as I expected, that Joyce will not be umpiring tommorow's game in Detroit.

Fucking Coward.

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Old 06-02-2010, 11:19 PM   #1374
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Wow you Detroiters are really worked up about this one.
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Old 06-02-2010, 11:20 PM   #1375
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Wow you Detroiters are really worked up about this one.

I would be careful about drawing too many generalizations about Detroiters based on one guy. The other Detroiters who have posted here have been down right zen about the whole thing.
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Old 06-02-2010, 11:21 PM   #1376
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I'm just gonna go about it like it was a perfect game, im my world that is a perfect game. he was out. So there have been 3 perfect games in a month, discuss.
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Old 06-02-2010, 11:21 PM   #1377
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Just announced as I expected, that Joyce will not be umpiring tommorow's game in Detroit.

Fucking Coward.

1. This is 100% the right move. He's not a coward for not umping that game.
2. It probably wasn't even his decision. If it was, someone else would've made it for him if he didn't.

As for the rest of this silly argument, no one actually wants to kill him or rape his family. But people have a right to be pissed at him, just like people have a right to be pissed at a player for muffing a routine grounder that costs a team a series or whatever. People are pissed, let them vent.
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Old 06-02-2010, 11:22 PM   #1378
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I'm just gonna go about it like it was a perfect game, im my world that is a perfect game. he was out. So there have been 3 perfect games in a month, discuss.

This. Everyone knows he threw a perfect game. Everyone. Let them write down whatever they want in their little book. We all know what happened.
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Old 06-02-2010, 11:22 PM   #1379
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Old 06-02-2010, 11:23 PM   #1380
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This. Everyone knows he threw a perfect game. Everyone. Let them write down whatever they want in their little book. We all know what happened.

This is probably the way to go about it. Kinda like the Barry Bonds records**
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Old 06-02-2010, 11:24 PM   #1381
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Wow you Detroiters are really worked up about this one.

How about Detroit Tiger Fans?

I do not claim that ummm "city"
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Old 06-02-2010, 11:24 PM   #1382
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As for the rest of this silly argument, no one actually wants to kill him or rape his family. But people have a right to be pissed at him, just like people have a right to be pissed at a player for muffing a routine grounder that costs a team a series or whatever. People are pissed, let them vent.

I agree. Being a sports fan is not a rational thing. If you ever stop to really think about it, it's actually quite silly. Being a fan is all about passion and emotion.
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Old 06-02-2010, 11:25 PM   #1383
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its crazy too because, 21 perfect games in Major league History, now 3 in a month, fricken insane!
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Old 06-02-2010, 11:31 PM   #1384
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lol watching the replay again on my ipod touch, not even close. lmao
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Old 06-02-2010, 11:56 PM   #1385
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Old 06-03-2010, 12:02 AM   #1386
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If I suck at my job, I'm going to get fired. Just like if a plaeyr sucks at their job, they'll lose it. The umpires should be punished for their mistakes

By all accounts though, he's been an excellent umpire for a long time.

A bad call in a crucial time is not worse than say, 5 bad calls at other times. Unless you believe in "clutch" umpiring.
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Old 06-03-2010, 12:05 AM   #1387
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Old 06-03-2010, 12:06 AM   #1388
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This is why umpires need accountability - instead of fucking free reign to act as if they are the show. Limited instant replay has to come to baseball, but Bud Selig is douchebag.
Really, this is the call? Not any of the egregious ones last year in the playoffs, or the ones that affect which team wins a game, or the actions by blowhards like Joe West, but this? An honest mistake on a close (clearly wrong, but still close) play where the umpire actually admitted his mistake and apologized for it? I understand baseball is special to many because of its rich history, but fans really have their priorities out of whack when the record book becomes more important than the game. (And this goes for fans who think "even if its close, you have to call the guy out there". Why, so it can cheapen the act of pitching a perfect game?) Put it in a special section with Hooks Wiltse (where the umpire admitted the previous pitch to the 27th batter should have been strike 3), Ernie Shore, Harvey Haddix and Pedro Martinez and talk about it all you want, but this is not the reason umpires need accountability.

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Old 06-03-2010, 12:07 AM   #1389
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I was feeling relatively light hearted about this call, but then I accidentally clicked into the image thread and saw a gawdawful picture of a extremely obese Steelers fan chick bending over. So now I am kinda pissed at the world.

Seriously, though, which call is worse? Joyce's call today or that two base runner call in the ALCS last year?
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Really, this is the call? Not any of the egregious ones last year in the playoffs, or the ones that affect which team wins a game, or the actions by blowhards like Joe West, but this? An honest mistake on a close (clearly wrong, but still close) play where the umpire actually admitted his mistake and apologized for it? I understand baseball is special to many because of its rich history, but fans really have their priorities out of whack when the record book becomes more important than the game. (And this goes for fans who think "even if its close, you have to call the guy out there". Why, so it can cheapen the act of pitching a perfect game?) Put it in a special section with Hooks Wiltse (where the umpire admitted the previous pitch to the 27th batter should have been strike 3), Ernie Shore, Harvey Haddix and Pedro Martinez and talk about it all you want, but this is not the reason umpires need accountability.

I'm with you. The outrage expressed here is really over the top. This should not be the straw that broke the camel's back. Joe West? Sure. Last year's playoffs? Definitely. This? Come on. It didn't even affect the result of the game.
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By all accounts though, he's been an excellent umpire for a long time.

A bad call in a crucial time is not worse than say, 5 bad calls at other times. Unless you believe in "clutch" umpiring.

I'm sure Bill James has already proven clutch umpiring doesn't exist.
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Old 06-03-2010, 12:36 AM   #1392
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This is why umpires need accountability - instead of fucking free reign to act as if they are the show. Limited instant replay has to come to baseball, but Bud Selig is douchebag.

I disagree, baseball has been fine the way it has been for the last 130 years. Replay would just make the games longer and playoff games are already to long.
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Old 06-03-2010, 12:39 AM   #1393
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I usually never get upset after games but I feel as if the Tigs lost this one today. Bad call, but it's human error. Joyce is taking every shot people can throw at him which I respect, just wish it had not come to it.

All that said, even a perfect game wouldn't take away the fact we have no offense at C, SS and 3B.

Yeah but Galarraga is a scrub - nice guy, but 27 year old 5th starters fade away. To be immortalizated as doing a feat 20 people have ever done in a 130 years? That's something special man - and he had it taken away from him.

But heck, you're a Tigers fan - you know that. My sympathies.
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Old 06-03-2010, 12:40 AM   #1394
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I went to ESPN.com to read about Griffey and saw this on the front page instead. I just LOL'd, unreal.

The Joyce hate is a silly though, seriously. He missed a call. Made a mistake. If Gallaraga had made a mistake, and allowed an double off the wall - nobody would be calling for his neck. Mistakes are part of the game. Even when they're at times like this. But when an umpire makes it - people just get so upset.

Are you seriously equating player skill with umpire skill? Seriously? This is the single most asinine argument made in defense of Joyce.
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Are you seriously equating player skill with umpire skill? Seriously? This is the single most asinine argument made in defense of Joyce.

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Old 06-03-2010, 12:43 AM   #1396
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Just announced as I expected, that Joyce will not be umpiring tommorow's game in Detroit.

Fucking Coward.

Jeff, where did you see the announcement?
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Really, this is the call? Not any of the egregious ones last year in the playoffs, or the ones that affect which team wins a game, or the actions by blowhards like Joe West, but this? An honest mistake on a close (clearly wrong, but still close) play where the umpire actually admitted his mistake and apologized for it? I understand baseball is special to many because of its rich history, but fans really have their priorities out of whack when the record book becomes more important than the game. (And this goes for fans who think "even if its close, you have to call the guy out there". Why, so it can cheapen the act of pitching a perfect game?) Put it in a special section with Hooks Wiltse (where the umpire admitted the previous pitch to the 27th batter should have been strike 3), Ernie Shore, Harvey Haddix and Pedro Martinez and talk about it all you want, but this is not the reason umpires need accountability.

I think it needs to happen - if this is the straw that breaks the camel's back, good. Technology is not a bad thing, no matter what Bud and his bunch of old farts think.
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Old 06-03-2010, 12:45 AM   #1398
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Jeff, where did you see the announcement?

Denkinger was behind the plate the next day, and the Cards were royally pissed off about it. They even blamed losing on that, even more than the blown call at first in Game 6.

I don't know where JeffNights got his info, but it seems to me it's the right call for Joyce to not be behind the plate tomorrow.
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Old 06-03-2010, 12:47 AM   #1399
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Are you seriously equating player skill with umpire skill? Seriously? This is the single most asinine argument made in defense of Joyce.

Huh? I'm doing what now?

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Old 06-03-2010, 12:57 AM   #1400
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Can't compare this to any sport.

There is no other sport in the WORLD that has any single greatest individual game achievement as a perfect game. For a clearly missed bad call to happen on the final out, it's like the ump was so nervous not to 'just call him out no matter what', he jumped the gun and went safe with it.

Unbelievable. He permanently altered the historical significance, and Galarraga's entire life, like it or not! He will never be able to say he was perfect, when in fact he was.

The Baseball Gods are not happy
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