Archive for June 2010
Rethinking the Oil Spill and Obama’s Oval Office Speech
Gammons: Tigers, Joyce show class | MLB.com: News
Wow. I have a lot of respect for what these two men did. Joyce, for not phoning it in today, but going out there and doing his job in the face fo criticism and jeers. And Galarraga for showing no disdain whatsoever.
I’m not convinced, however, that in this particular situation, Bud Selig couldn’t intervene and fix the blatant mistake that occurred in a nano-second.
Even if the umpires would’ve conferred for like 5 seconds, they could’ve called an out and all would’ve been forgotten. It’s too bad for Joyce, and it’s too bad for the game from here on out that EVERY perfect game from here on out will have an asterisk: The 21st will really be the 22nd, and so on.
Nonetheless, it’s still the greatest game, and today’s show of class was something special.
Umpires. Sheesh.
There’s plenty being said about Joyce’s missed call that cost Galarraga his perfect game. And the noisy Joe West is getting regular press this season between his unsolicited comments about the Yanks and Sox as well as his tiff with White Sox’s Ozzie Guillen.
But I want to go back to last fall and McClelland’s crack-smoking during game four of the 2009 ALCS.
Watch this clip, look up the other two, and tell me something isn’t entirely remiss here. What is going on with the umpires?
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I’m ready for instant replay or a change of the rules regarding appeals.