There seems to be a perfect game motif to this blog.
Bud Selig (not pictured) has an opportunity to right a wrong.
He has an opportunity to provide justice in an unjust world.
He has a chance to make things right.
Bud Selig neeeds to overturn that atrocious call at first, and give Armando Galarraga his perfect game.
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By all accounts, Bud Selig has been an awful custodian of the game of the baseball.
The steroid era happened on his watch.
Competitive balance ran amock.
He had an all-star game that was a tie.
And overall, he's kind of a doof.
But, I don't think EVERYTHING that he's done has been bad.
I like interleague play.
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But love him or hate him, here's a chance for Bud Selig to do the right thing.
A perfect game is retiring 27 out of 27 batters.
Galarraga did that.
Jim Joyce CLEARLY messed up the last call.
SO, Galarraga got the 28th batter.
Just admit the call was wrong, and let history books reflect that 21 perfect games have been thrown.
We all saw it.
Who among us would object?
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Jim Joyce isn't the first ump or ref to blow a call.
Backjudge Terry Porter cost the Miami Hurricanes a National Championship.
October 26, 1985, Don Denkinger blows a call at first, the Royals go on to beat the Cardinals in the World Series.
1996 Yankees fan Jeffrey Maier reaches over the right field wall and steals the ball from Tony Torasco, allowing Derek Jeter a pivotal home run (thank god he did).
Bad calls are a part of baseball.
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This just feels so different.
What's the point of being commissioner if you can't take action for the "good of the game."
Sometimes you need to throw out the rule books and use common sense.
ANYONE who watched it, saw the highlights, or is reading this knows, the kid pitched a perfect game.
Why not get it right for once, bud?
Do the moral thing.
Just this one time.
Make a decision that you can be proud of.
Besides, the Marlins have been planning on selling ticket stubs to the Detroit-Cleveland game.
Instant replay forget Bud.
ReplyDeleteZach,
ReplyDeleteThat may be the issue moving forward. But I'm not interested in forward yet. I'm interested in THIS moment, THIS performance and making sure it gets recognized properly.
A call of this magnitude getting blown literally happens once a decade.
Let's get THIS one right.
UPDATE: Selig didn't do it, he sucks at life
ReplyDeleteDid you really expect Selig to do anything ? sucking at life is a nice way of putting it.
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