THIRD PERFECT GAME OF THE SEASON

[scrapper13]

dont know how many of you guys are baseball fans, but armando galarraga, the pitcher for detroit had a perfect game spoiled in the 9th inning with 2 outs, by a bad call from the umpire. it was a ground ball and the throw to first was clearly in time on the replay by half a step, however the umpire called the runner safe and the perfect game was ruined. there have only been 20 perfect games in the history of the sport, so i dont think there has ever been a better argument than this for instant replay in baseball.

 

[communistkiller]

That umpire needs to be fired!!! It wasnt even close and if it WAS close the decision goes to the pitcher. Last out of the game!!! are you serious!!!!

 

[ballennonstop]

While I agree it was an awful call, the ump has to get a pass. He's a 20 something year veteran including a number of world series outings. He came out (almost immediately after) and publically admitted he missed the call, along with privately meeting and apologizing to Galaraga. Stand up move on the umps part after blowing the biggest call of his life...

Instant replay must be incorporated into situations like these. The whole situation is a shame.

 

[Bionic]

Well, the apology was nice, I guess, but a perfect game could have had a huge impact on Galaraga's future earnings bargaining and just the membership in that elite club is a HUGE accomplishment and tone-setter. Know what I mean? It's a once-in-a-lifetime thing for most. Ah well, the past is just that. You've gotta be gracious and humble and continue on.

 

[snowreaper1]

NO INSTANT REPLAY in baseball. It just doesnt belong no matter how bad
an umpire might make some calls. Its what seperates baseball from football
and other instant replay friendly sports. You put your faith in the blue and
sometimes youll have calls go your way and some not. Baseballs been
around for about a 100 years and its been doin fine with umpires making
the calls.

 

[TLTL]

first off im die hard tigers fan,i was pissed when it all went down.that umpire has 21 years experience and is ranked 2nd among umpires,ive never heard of this ever happening but the ump made a formal statement apologizing and owning up to making the wrong call.when i heard this it made me realize we all make mistakes,and im sure that ump takes his job serious and prides himself on being good and making the right calls and fair calls.at this point i belive the ump is more pissed than gallaraga.nobody likes to screw up at there job and i give that ump credit for realizing his mistake and apologizing.i think it made some of us tigers feel alot better

 

[richiec]

That umpire needs to be fired!!! It wasnt even close and if it WAS close the decision goes to the pitcher. Last out of the game!!! are you serious!!!!

You're a moron. So I'm sure you have never once made a mistake, right?

Do you even know the rules of baseball? He blew the call, but as you said, if it was close, the decision doesn't go to the pitcher! The rules state that the runner must beat the ball & vice versa. Bang-bang plays normally go to the runner.

The ump made a bad call, happens EVERY SINGLE GAME. Baseball DOES NOT need instant replay. Where would it stop, homeruns, plays at the bases, balls/strikes. I played pro ball, games are long enough without replay. Games were designed to incoporate human error, so get over it!

And this would not do anything to his future earnings, maybe one of the worst comments ever written!

 

[db006]

it wasnt even close to a bang bang play. whatsoever. baseball already has instant replay for homeruns for the sake of getting the call right. this should be no different. other sports have this in place. it came into play just last night in the stanley cup. and they got the call right. baseball has been talking about instant replay for some time now. and the time is now. baseball can do whatever they want in terms of making this situation right. instant replay should be implemented right after the all star break coming up. and this kid should be awarded his perfect game. and i dont think anyone should have a problem with that including "baseball historians". there has only been 20 perfect games in the HISTORY of baseball. and this was one. not to mention the 3rd this month. the bigger injustice would be if nothing is done about it. especially since they wanted to put asteriks in the record book cause of players(everyone) using PED's. something needs to be done.

 

[daddy_lover]

The problem wasn't the ump, who owned up to his mistake. It's the lack of instant replay review in MLB. This dude isn't Joe West. MLB leaves good umps hanging in the breeze by not allowing technology to assist in getting the call right.

 

[TheGeneral]

NO INSTANT REPLAY in baseball. It just doesnt belong no matter how bad
an umpire might make some calls. Its what seperates baseball from football
and other instant replay friendly sports. You put your faith in the blue and
sometimes youll have calls go your way and some not. Baseballs been
around for about a 100 years and its been doin fine with umpires making
the calls.

Baseball is doing fine? It has gone from America's Pastime to second fiddle to the NFL and sometimes third to the NBA. I love baseball, but the games are slow, controversy makes up more of the news than the games, and the lack od day games or earlier games have made it less fan friendly. World Series games starting after 9pm eastern? Baseball is slowing losing more and more fans. I sort of agree with you about replay. Its already a slow and boring game to many and replay would make it worse..unless they can do it quickly with an umpire in a booth relaying the info to the field as quick as possible. If you have an ump taking as long as some NFL refs take to review a call then you will have a pitcher cooling down and needing to warm up again etc..causing havoc

 

[richiec]

why has baseball taken 2nd to the NFL, simple, violence. our society thrives on seeing people hit each other and hit em hard. instant replay in the NFL is a joke, more than 1/2 the time they still get the call wrong. baseball "historians" as you like to say will never support this! as stated before, human error is a part of the game.

so where does the instant replay stop? nobody has answered this! you all bitch and complain about no replay, well, soon you'll be bitching that they can't review balls and strikes!

I played pro ball and saw some shitty calls, some pretty obvious F ups, but that's why there are 4 umps! They are there to review a call in case something is questionable. The guy got the short end of the stick, boo hoo. I'd be upset too, but don't change the game around because of a few blown calls.

as stated before: HUMAN ERROR IS PART OF THE GAME Get over it!!!

 

[superman18]

The reason roids are illegal is because of baseball. F#ck baseball.

 

[richiec]

The reason roids are illegal is because of baseball. F#ck baseball.

LMFAO... if only it were true

the reason why the gvt is on a power trip about this is because of either a govenor or senator's son hung himself, and he found a vial of gear in his room. naturally, the only logical explanation to the kids suicide was steroids. they make you want to kill yourself and others, right?

ask canseco if this pitcher juiced and he'll probably tell you he was injecting him when he was 5...lmao

 

[crashtestdummy]

The problem wasn't the ump, who owned up to his mistake. It's the lack of instant replay review in MLB. This dude isn't Joe West. MLB leaves good umps hanging in the breeze by not allowing technology to assist in getting the call right.

Agree. Don't see why they can't have a challenge system like the NFL. It'll cut down some of the tantrums by the managers. Haha.

 

[fresh8686]

Agreed on instant replay, something needs to be incorporated besides just home run reviews. Im not saying review every or even any pitches, because that would make the games last forever, but giving managers a limited number of challenges up to the the 8th inning and then booth reviews in the 9th would seem like a good way to correct some of these costly mistakes.

 

[richiec]

a limited number of challenges? what is wrong with you people, just get rid of the umpires then!!! let a computer or someone sitting in a booth make every call. "that's too far, too much" is what some will say, but it is in essence the same thing! you have to understand this one principle, sports are in real time, calls are made in real time, using instant replay takes the human aspect completely out of it. how you may ask, real time error! human error is part of the game, how many times can this be said.

sure, many times the umpires get it wrong, but they get it right more than wrong. umpires don't want it, it takes away from their ability to make judgement calls, which is what they're paid to do. the guy made a bad call, point blank. instant replay has not done good for the nfl, the refs still get it wrong more than 1/2 the time!!! umpires do not like to change their call, and very rarely do. the only time they really do is when they all get together to review, this takes about 30 seconds. instant replay requires they all leave the field... but a time limit is the answer, right? how about the nfl's time limit..... thrown right out the window and not enforced.

Quit bitchin and whining about instant replay, players don't want it, coaches only want it when they think their player hit a jack, and umpires for sure don't want it. If you don't like this, dont watch

if replay is instituted, it won't take long for just about every play to be reviewed, trust me