Friday, June 4, 2010

Who's more wrong, The Ump or The Genius?

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Bud Selig's decision to let Jim Joyce's call stand - thereby denying Armando Galarraga a perfect game - was the no-brainer of the millennium.

The commissioner simply can't be changing umpiring decisions 12, 18, 24 hours after they happen.

I mean, even a manager who often insists upon batting his pitcher eighth knows that, right?

"If I was Mr. Selig," Tony La Russa says, "in the best interest of the game, the guy got it and I'd give him his perfect game."

Ugh. Never mind.

1 comment:

  1. heh that was pretty funny actually...tony needed to retire a while back...i mean what is he going to do set up managers court so they could all appeal calls they did not like...though i am curious have you ever seen any stats...like bad calls in the life of an ump...i thinks this goes into the record books with an asterisk anyway

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