Umpire Blows Call

Pennstate315 · Runite Member 5-25-10

Umpire Jim Joyce blew a call which caused pitcher Armando Galarraga not to complete his Perfect Game!

Adbot · **Posted:** June 3rd, 2010, 3:10 pm

Flash · **Posted:** June 3rd, 2010, 7:11 pm

Terrible call lol. If that was me I'd be pretty *****. A perfect game is hard to get. However, as long as my team won I would be atleast somewhat happy.

Evelyn · **Posted:** June 3rd, 2010, 7:25 pm

Heard about this morning, the umpire says he feels really bad when he saw it later on replay.

Kenny · **Posted:** June 4th, 2010, 2:01 am

Lmao, I don't even play/watch/know the rules of baseball but I can see that, that call is just a joke. I feel so sorry for the pitcher.

What does a perfect game mean? Like he conceded no runs when he was pitching?

Pennstate315 · Runite Member 5-25-10

Kenny wrote:

Lmao, I don't even play/watch/know the rules of baseball but I can see that, that call is just a joke. I feel so sorry for the pitcher.

What does a perfect game mean? Like he conceded no runs when he was pitching?

Ok well, in baseball there is 9 innings. You need to get 3 outs each inning. To get a perfect game you have to successfully retire all 27 batters in a row, with that call did he not lose his perfect game but his no-hitter also

Duke Juker · RSBandB Donor since 07/01/2010

He definitely missed it. Just bad luck. You have umpired a game for over 2 hours, is the last call for the last inning and you think you are right. The problem is that as an umpire, you don't have the luxury of instant replay and can't go back on your call, no matter how bad you think it was. He did think he was right, though. In an interview later, he was completely convinced at the time that he was right on the call. Only later did he realize the mistake. The thing is that when a guy is having a perfect game, usually the batter won't even make it that close of a call, although that call wasn't super close. Anyways, people make mistakes like the handball by Thierry Henry. Sometimes you are just in the moment and those are the moments that all officials hate, especially when they make the call and find our later it was wrong. But missing a perfect game isn't the end of the world. Sure, it is really awesome, but in the grand scheme of things, it isn't that paramount imo. Too bad he missed it, but I'm sure he will have more opportunities.

Adbot · **Posted:** June 4th, 2010, 7:20 pm

Kenny · **Posted:** June 5th, 2010, 7:45 am

Duke Juker wrote:

He definitely missed it. Just bad luck. You have umpired a game for over 2 hours, is the last call for the last inning and you think you are right. The problem is that as an umpire, you don't have the luxury of instant replay and can't go back on your call, no matter how bad you think it was. He did think he was right, though. In an interview later, he was completely convinced at the time that he was right on the call. Only later did he realize the mistake. The thing is that when a guy is having a perfect game, usually the batter won't even make it that close of a call, although that call wasn't super close. Anyways, people make mistakes like the handball by Thierry Henry. Sometimes you are just in the moment and those are the moments that all officials hate, especially when they make the call and find our later it was wrong. But missing a perfect game isn't the end of the world. Sure, it is really awesome, but in the grand scheme of things, it isn't that paramount imo. Too bad he missed it, but I'm sure he will have more opportunities.

The difference between the Henry handball and that baseball call is that the referee in the France v Ireland game was a good 40 to 50 feet away, where as the umpire in that baseball game was barely even 2 or 3 feet away. In my opinion, he has no excuses for getting that wrong.

Pennstate315 · Runite Member 5-25-10

Kenny wrote:

Duke Juker wrote:

He definitely missed it. Just bad luck. You have umpired a game for over 2 hours, is the last call for the last inning and you think you are right. The problem is that as an umpire, you don't have the luxury of instant replay and can't go back on your call, no matter how bad you think it was. He did think he was right, though. In an interview later, he was completely convinced at the time that he was right on the call. Only later did he realize the mistake. The thing is that when a guy is having a perfect game, usually the batter won't even make it that close of a call, although that call wasn't super close. Anyways, people make mistakes like the handball by Thierry Henry. Sometimes you are just in the moment and those are the moments that all officials hate, especially when they make the call and find our later it was wrong. But missing a perfect game isn't the end of the world. Sure, it is really awesome, but in the grand scheme of things, it isn't that paramount imo. Too bad he missed it, but I'm sure he will have more opportunities.

The difference between the Henry handball and that baseball call is that the referee in the France v Ireland game was a good 40 to 50 feet away, where as the umpire in that baseball game was barely even 2 or 3 feet away. In my opinion, he has no excuses for getting that wrong.

agreed, just watch the play in normal speed you can easily see his is out