Galarraga's Perfect Game - well it was perfect to me.....

As Tony Soprano once said: You can't put the sh** back in the donkey.

It's over and done.

Too bad for Gallaraga...He got jobbed big time.

Horrible about the call - but what about the class the kid showed? I was as impressed with his response to the blown call as I was with his pitching performance.

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Originally posted by twotex:
Horrible about the call - but what about the class the kid showed? I was as impressed with his response to the blown call as I was with his pitching performance.

Ironically, Gallaraga may have gained something bigger in the long run by Joyce blowing that call.

The respect and class he showed will go a long way no matter where he goes or what he does after baseball. He's probably gained quite a few fans over the days since this happened. It'll be a little tough to root against him.

The crazy thing is that nobody is noticing the most impressive thing about the almost PG. Just the fact that Andres Galarraga can throw like that at his age is amazing and i never knew he could pitch! And people talk about Jamie Moyer. Please!!

Every umpire has a I-Pod or I-Pad.

Did the 1b for the Tigers field a slow ground ball in front of his 2B?

Bob

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Originally posted by Bob Williams:
Every umpire has a I-Pod or I-Pad.

Bob

I know several (pros) who do not. Why is this an issue?

To refer to the "instant" replay on their personal
camera in their pocket.

The information age is now, but MLB will react in 5-10 years. Maybe form a committee to study.

Bob

not that I have a dog in this hunt... I dont....I dont ever expect any such technology to make it way down to the levels I umpire...

But as to the technology issue........we have had aluminum bats for 30+ years now...they are advanced and much better than wood....but no one is clamoring for them to be put into baseball....who wants 600' HRs and .750 batting averages and dead pitchers....

And add in baseball technology with the raised seams.....most MLB pitchers could throw breaking pitches that would start in one batters box and end up in the other.......

And we of course could wind them tight as a brick and they would travel forever.....

Somethings are meant to stay as the game was founded...

AMEN !!!!!!!!!!

I'd hate to see umpires deciding the outcome of plays on a screen the size of an IPod. Then throw in the glare of the sun or stadium lights.

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Originally posted by Bob Williams:
Did the 1b for the Tigers field a slow ground ball in front of his 2B?
Bob

Yep.
It's interesting. Unless there are 27 strikeouts, the fielders contribute to a perfect game. F3 fielded a ball which properly should have been handled by F4, and turned a routine play into a bang-bang play.

Competent defensive play would have put the runner out by a couple of steps, and there would have been no opportunity for a missed call.

3FingeredGlove, I was thinking the same thing when the play took place. A guy whose only been playing first base for a relatively short time got over anxious and ranged right in front of the 2nd baseman. Could have been a routine 4-3 putout.

I agree with the last 2 posts. At first I was surprised that there didn't seem to be more intensity shown by the first baseman. Then I wondered if the 1st baseman's decision to field the ball dictated the timing since (as I recall) he had to wait for the pitcher to get to the bag, in which case it isn't really an intensity issue on his part.

coulda woulda shoulda