Arsik
06-02-2010, 10:12 PM
Basically, this: Armando Gallaraga of the Detroit Tigers is pitching a perfect game (no hits, walks, or errors allowed, for those who don't know baseball terms that well) through eight and two-thirds innings, meaning he was one out away from getting the achievement. Then Jason Donald hits the ball to Miguel Cabrera, who then makes a nice throw to Gallaraga who tagged First Base. The first base umpire, Jim Joyce, called Donald safe, even though replays showed that Donald was out by half a step.
Video (Low Quality):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tP4Qr1hK6w
As you can (barely) see, even Donald thought that he was thrown out at the bag. However, Joyce somehow saw that Donald made it safe. After that god awful call, Gallaraga got the next batter to end the game with a one-hitter.
In this video, you will probably be under the presumption that Joyce did it on purpose. I know I am, look at the smug look on his face after the play ended:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4vumnoaqA8
Anyways, if Joyce wasn't being a troll, and called the game fairly, then this would have been the first time in baseball history that three perfect games were thrown in a single season of professional baseball. And throwing a perfect game isn't easy. There has only been 20 in the entire history of the game, so having three in a single season would have been huge in the baseball community.
And this calamity is the one of the few things that I don't like about professional baseball. A single person can ruin the game because he wants it to. If baseball was like other sports, then the game would have ended, because instant replay would have shown that Donald was clearly out.
And I hope that all of you would know that Joyce had to be escorted out of the stadium by security because the 17,000+ in attendance, plus all the baseball fans in Detroit would be waiting outside of the stadium for him to lynch him, if not worse.
Video (Low Quality):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tP4Qr1hK6w
As you can (barely) see, even Donald thought that he was thrown out at the bag. However, Joyce somehow saw that Donald made it safe. After that god awful call, Gallaraga got the next batter to end the game with a one-hitter.
In this video, you will probably be under the presumption that Joyce did it on purpose. I know I am, look at the smug look on his face after the play ended:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4vumnoaqA8
Anyways, if Joyce wasn't being a troll, and called the game fairly, then this would have been the first time in baseball history that three perfect games were thrown in a single season of professional baseball. And throwing a perfect game isn't easy. There has only been 20 in the entire history of the game, so having three in a single season would have been huge in the baseball community.
And this calamity is the one of the few things that I don't like about professional baseball. A single person can ruin the game because he wants it to. If baseball was like other sports, then the game would have ended, because instant replay would have shown that Donald was clearly out.
And I hope that all of you would know that Joyce had to be escorted out of the stadium by security because the 17,000+ in attendance, plus all the baseball fans in Detroit would be waiting outside of the stadium for him to lynch him, if not worse.