Biggest blown call ever?
So this piqued my interest this morning on the highlights...
YouTube - Armando Galarraga's perfect game Ruined Umpire Blown Call
Some are calling it the worst call in baseball history, some are calling for it to be retroactively changed, and some are saying that the MLB should now employ instant replays - thoughts?
Mark
YouTube - Armando Galarraga's perfect game Ruined Umpire Blown Call
Some are calling it the worst call in baseball history, some are calling for it to be retroactively changed, and some are saying that the MLB should now employ instant replays - thoughts?
Mark
Comments
Absolutely the most ridiculous call I've seen. Yes, I think replays SHOULD be apart of the game, especially for situations like this one.
literally hundreds of thousands of correct calls/ a few wrong
Adds to the intrigue of the game.
The games take long enough now without going to replay on every close call
works the other way too!
I was playing first base, out pitcher was throwing a no hitter, slow roller to third, third rushes the throw, in the dirt, Istretch to dig it out, doesn't find the pocket, I throw the trapper over the ball and make a quick upwards motion, runner called out, I know I felt his foot first
result, no hitter
Also, don't you like a good umpire/manager argument???
Dude walks in the first inning and it's the only runner to reach base. We going to go back, analyze every pitch, make sure that there were no mistakes, change a call to a strike and give the guy a perfect game?
Why don't we play the entire game, record it, make sure all the calls are corrected and then play the game on TV so that the fans can see the game with no mistakes.
Get over it.
At least Joyce admitted his mistake and apologized to Galarraga.
No. Perfect game is 27 up, 27 down. No one reaches base. You are describing a no hitter.
No hitter.
Perfect game no one reaches base.
I personally don't think the instant replay should be in baseball, it ruins the purity of the game. Blown / missed calls, I'd never get rid of 'em. In football, basketball, and hockey they make sense either because there's SO many things going on at once (football), or because it's incredibly fast and close calls (hockey - eg. last night's goal). Basketball I couldn't give a shit about one way or another really, but still. Baseball is a game of sporadic action, it's a mental game. It's still going to have mistakes, but IR would just ruin it moreso. Imagine recalling every third strike that is questionable!
Mark
You could have a limited number of challenges and if they are wrong it costs the team an out.
safe.
I hate this shit. Posted already here as a blown call by Jim Joyce. By posting his name they are making it personal and if it was a blown call on any other out but the last out it wouldn't be an issue.
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A perfect game is perfect in every way. Umpires are part of the game. A player could make a mistake. Are they going to post that a perfect game is unofficial because say the second baseman had an error and allowed a player to reach. It's just bullshit. Are they going to complain a perfect game got taken away because a fan interfered with a ball and post his name? WTF. The pitcher could lose his grip because the beer vendor called out at the wrong time. They going post his name? The ball could hit a seagull flying overhead. They going to post the name of the statue that the bird shits on when he is resting. Fuck me. Unbelievable.
I'm pretty sure this is false. EVERYWHERE is showing that it was a clear out. If you do look, the pitcher catches the ball, doesn't even bring in his other hand to steady it. He has the ball, he's on the bag.
Mark
Mark;
He looks to have the ball, but he doesnt have CONTROL of the ball.. there's no doubt, he had the ball before the runner, had him by about a step or half step or so. no control (snow cone in this case) = SAFE.
Im not optimistic, I'm a fan of the game, but I can see where the ump had doubts on the runner being safe. Thats all im saying.
-mickey
Fed?
Nope. Would set a bad precident. I wonder how may nohitters have been "saved" by a blown call.
Either way I won't care cause baseball sucks, wake me up when the world series starts:D.
+1
Many tournamnt players, fresh from a bad beat that knocked them out of the tournament, will tell you what a stupid game poker is, if only you'll stop to listen. Today Ted Forrest, Daniel Negreanu and David Grey are talking about a different stupid game.
"That will be the most meaningful perfect game in baseball," said Negreanu, referring yesterday's non-perfect perfect game pitched by Armando Gallaraga of the Detroit Tigers.
"You mean an umpire can't reverse his call?" Forrest asked. He seemed genuinely surprised.
Grey said no. Negreanu then added, "Baseball's a stupid game."