Another perfect game?

[toysalot]

And someone already pointed this out, but heard on the radio this
morning: "Anybody heard of Roy Halladay? Or Dallas Braden? Me
neither. But they both pitched perfect games, both this year! And
they've already been forgotten... But Armando Garallaga will forever be
remembered as the pitcher who ALMOST pitched a perfect game."

Are you kidding me? Any true baseball fan that follows the game has heard of these pitchers who threw no-hitters this season. Been forgotten? Please Greg...just because some people who watch baseball every now and then cannot remember their names, doesn't mean it is not important to the game and the history of baseball.

BTW...Armando Galarraga DID throw a perfect game in which he got 28 outs not 27 but it just won't be recorded that way because of a bunged, butchered call by the first base ump!!!

Enough said...

[groggerbug]

That quote was what I heard on the radio, and doesn't necessarily reflect my opinion. I just thought it was an interesting point.


And by the rules of the game in force when it was played, he did not pitch a perfect game. At least Garallaga was gracious in acknowledging that fact.

[PeepingScott]

It was a BAD CALL, plain and simple. Only 20 people in the history of the game have pitched a perfect game, and this guy gets it taken away on a bad call. I think the call should be reversed since this is an occasion that just doesn't happen too often...


What about this scenario: What if the batter was clearly safe on that same play, and the ump called him out, giving the pitcher the perfect game. Then what?

Just thinking out loud...

[groggerbug]

Ummm.... is that a trick question? According to the rules of the game, then the pitcher would have had a perfect game. It's baseball; that's how it goes sometimes...

[toysalot]

By the rules of the game...steroids were not allowed but all the records still stand...explain that Sir?

[groggerbug]

Jeff, that's about players cheating on the rules, an entirely different, and much more murky, subject. The issue under discussion in this post is very clear-cut.

[toysalot]

You win sir...

[groggerbug]

[hotbirdsplanes]

I am a baseball fan. I do not like Bud Selig.


Having said that, he did the right thing here. For once.


The Commissioner of Baseball cannot overturn a call. Doing so sets a precedent. Now all calls can be overturned.


It is clear that Galarraga pitched a perfect game. Despite the official result, he will always be known for that. He will be regarded and acknowledged as among the relative few who have done so.


That's all that should matter to anyone who cares.