Jim Joyce

I've never bought into that theory. The Cardinals had seven games in which to win the series and batted something like .185 as a team. Besides they had a PB/WP and a dropped pop foul in the same inning that cost them far more than the missed call at first (the baserunner was put-out on a subsequent bunt attempt, I might add). On top of it all, they handled the situation (unlike Galarraga) with zero class and obviously let it affect them on into the seventh game (which they never showed up for). Championship teams show character and move onto the next play.

I agree with Texanne-the way Galarraga handled the whole deal says a lot more to me than whether or not he gets credit for the perfect game.
 
Gallaraga took the lineup card to Joyce before today's game. They shook hands, and Jim Joyce had tears in his eyes. He and AG backslapped each other, and JJ saluted AG when he returned to the dugout.

Gallaraga is all class, and Joyce is rightfullly contrite, as am I by editing this post. I'm not a big Tigers fan, I just hated to see that bad of a call. But Joyce said he was wrong, and I'm saying I'm wrong by being such a grumpy ol' fart.

Denkinger said MLB should expand the use of replay for such important calls.
 
Selig cant overturn the call. it would set a bad precedent. there are bad calls daily in mlb. if they overturn the call, ricky henderson will immediately go out and dig up replays of steals where he may have been caught.
 
This will be remembered more than many of the other perfect games. It was 28 outs of perfect pitching. While not from an official box score, he'll get the treatment in the media and the historians minds for throwing a perfect game. That one extra out and the classiness both Gallaraga and Joyce have shown makes it even more commentary worthy.
 
Yah, Gallarga showed what could have happened to the Cardinals in '85 and Cubs in '03 if the players involved hadn't exploded. Gallarga remained calm, shook it off, went out and got the next batter out. The others teams argued, went crazy, and their team went on to implode and cost themselves the series.

Selig is an idiot, he always has been and always will be a stupid ***. He is the only one with the power to overrule this thing and he won't because he's an old grumpy man who doesn't like kids on his lawn.

Overturning this won't set a precedent for anything because this has never happened before and most likely will never happen again. As far as going back in time to find a few outs here and there to boost somebody stats, that really wouldn't change anything because odds are there won't be enough to alter the record book. This is a perfect game, something that's only happened 20* times in the history of the league, and only two times before has a perfect game been spoiled by the 27th batter under circumstances where the batter could have/should have been out but the ump ruled him safe (Pappas in 1972 (walked last runner who still believes he struck him out) and Wiltse in 1908 (where the ump acknowledged he made the wrong call and batter should have been out). You can argue we should go back and and look at these, but they were both balls/strikes which has always been and imo always should be non-reviewable and at the judgement of the ump. A play like Gallarga's isn't a judgement call, it's a simple who touched the base first, and we all know without a doubt that Gallaraga touched the bast first and has rightful claim to a perfect game.
 
Joyce made a bad call, he owned up to it. Its hard to blame him when he was just trying to his job the best he could. I can understand it. He didn't want to be the guy to ruin the perfect game but he also didn't want to be the guy that just gave a pitcher a perfect game either. Mistakes happen. Who is really to blame here like others have said is Selig. His no replay stance is just stupid. Give the coaches a challenge system at least that can be used on Fair/Foul balls and Safe/Out calls. Balls and strikes obviously should never be replayed but something has to be done. Mistakes are made everyday by everyone. Its our ability to fix our mistakes that is important and Selig refuses to do anything about his.
 
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