I should also note I’m a life long Tigers fan who watched this as it happened on TV with my family.
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Sorry im not american but is this when the umpire screwed a guy out of a perfect game?
worst call ever i remember watching that. couldnt believe it
Will forever go down as the most perfect game because pitcher got 28 outs.
Jim Joyce was the umpire and he even admitted he got the call wrong. He went on to say it was the biggest mistake he ever made. He even admitted to crying that very night. I miss Jim Joyce as an umpire. Andres gallaraga was the pitcher.
It still makes me cringe to watch the play, knowing that a perfecto was on the line
Pretty sure the pitcher and Joyce were friends after that.
Cabrera’s reaction will live rent free in my head for the rest of time.
Worst call ever. Jesus almighty.
Damn that was 13 years ago??? I am old. I feel bad for Galarraga
I’m still salty about this lol
pretty sure whatever game I was watching cut to the 9th for this. What a terrible way to end perfection.
Gallaraga forgave him, maybe you should, too🤷
This one doesn’t even make me mad it just makes me sad. Sad for Gallaraga for getting robbed of a ridiculously impressive and rare achievement, sad for the ump for having a single blown call—something umps do every day—go down as likely the worst miss of all time, and sad that it happened in an era when it couldn’t be fixed right away like it could now. A massive bummer all around.
Umpires make mistakes. He couldn’t go back on it and felt terrible. I’ve always wondered if he was aware of the stakes.
Why couldn’t they challenge it?
Strangely enough, if the ump made the right call, fewer people would remember Armando’s efforts that day.
Jim Joyce said at the time, on the field, right after the play, “I just screwed that kid out of a perfect game” or something like that.
He knew it in the moment. Everyone knew it in the moment. But because of the stupid “umps can never admit they are wrong” insanity, he didn’t overturn himself. The crew chief didn’t overturn it.
Better to be forever wrong than correct your mistake on the spot.
Stupid umps and refs and their machismo culture.
Dude was literally crying after fucking up the call. Why couldnt they reverse it if everyone knew??
Unforgivable is definitely not the right word.
It sucks. Joyce apologized, and by all accounts handled the mistake as gracefully as possible.
Gallaraga forgave him, and got all kinds of notoriety for the perfecto that should’ve been. We don’t need to vilify the umpire any longer. The whole situation is more memorable than if the call had been made correctly and everyone moved on
Jim Joyce cried the next day on the air when he saw the replay and said he “kicked the shit out of” the call and robbed Armando of his perfect game. I was enraged when I saw it first but, perhaps a small consolation, at least he owned it.
Did this call play a big role in bringing reviews to MLB? Man if only replay review challenges existed in baseball back then.
Jim Joyce was widely regarded as one of the best umpires of his generation by the players
Absolutely heart breaking. Put this man in the record books with a perfect game.
the most unforgivable thing in baseball happened in the 163rd game of the 2007 season in the NL wild card tie breaker between the rockies and the padres when the rockies stole the game from my beloved padres. i’ll never recover and i’ll never forgive matt fucking holiday for ruining my childhood
I know he apologized and felt terrible after, but I don’t know what he saw to make that call in the first place. It wasn’t even close.
I remember watching that right before leaving to go to a Giants game here, and when I was hanging out in Willie Mays Plaza waiting for my friends, that play was all anyone was talking about.
Bruh..
Ugh.
I mean, it wasn’t in vain. It changed baseball forever. We have replays now largely because of this error.
I hope MLB retroactively gives him a perfect game. It’s one thing to say, “you never know if he’d have gotten the 25th, 26th out, etc. when the wrong call was made in the top of the 8th or something.
But this was the last out. The game was over.
My two thoughts on this as I was watching the live cut-in:
First, It has always enraged me that umpires will not huddle on a close call like this and make a group decision. They do this in football and most other major sports. I simply do not understand that.
Secondly, MLB should absolutely be able to retroactively change this call. Especially since it would not have affected the outcome of the game. I understand they don’t want to set that precedent but still.
The severity this had on the mlb universe made it seem like we held umpires to a higher degree than police when it came to accepting responsibility and admitting when you’re wrong.
Galarraga was such a class act during all of this.
Pain.
That would’ve been hilarious if it was Angel Hernandez that blew the perfect game
I just graduated high school on this day and we were sitting on the 1st base side 25 rows up to celebrate graduation. In about the sixth inning my brother and I look up and see 0’s on the scoreboard. We both looked at each other and said, oh we are in for something special. During the ninth, the stadium was tense as everyone knew what was at stake. Not a single person was sitting with two outs and when that ball was hit to the second base side of the field I thought for sure it was it. However, Miguel Cabrera fielded the ball out of position and it should have been the second basemen’s ball. This is turn changed Jim Joyce’s viewpoint of the bag and the play. Thus, Cabrera had to soft toss it to Galarraga and the rest is unwritten history. The crowd stood there in disbelief for a good solid five minutes, even after the game was over.
I clearly remember listening to the post game show on the radio on the way home and Jim Joyce was shown the replay and he started breaking down in tears because he knew that was a historical mistake. He said “I can’t believe I missed it”.
The next game was a day game and I remember Galarraga was given a brand new Corvette and Joyce was gifted a truck from Chevy for admitting his mistake. At least he got a corvette out of it. Galarraga handed in the lineup card and Joyce was behind home plate that game and he broke down in tears when he handed over the card and gave him a huge hug. Pretty emotional moment.
Regardless, one of the best sporting events I’ve ever witnessed.
Of all of the people that got robbed that day, Austin Jackson might’ve been the worst. He had an incredible catch to preserve it the first out of the 9th. Look it up if you haven’t seen it with Rod Allen’s call.
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Sorry im not american but is this when the umpire screwed a guy out of a perfect game?
worst call ever i remember watching that. couldnt believe it
Will forever go down as the most perfect game because pitcher got 28 outs.
Jim Joyce was the umpire and he even admitted he got the call wrong. He went on to say it was the biggest mistake he ever made. He even admitted to crying that very night. I miss Jim Joyce as an umpire. Andres gallaraga was the pitcher.
It still makes me cringe to watch the play, knowing that a perfecto was on the line
Pretty sure the pitcher and Joyce were friends after that.
Cabrera’s reaction will live rent free in my head for the rest of time.
Worst call ever. Jesus almighty.
Damn that was 13 years ago??? I am old. I feel bad for Galarraga
I’m still salty about this lol
pretty sure whatever game I was watching cut to the 9th for this. What a terrible way to end perfection.
Gallaraga forgave him, maybe you should, too🤷
This one doesn’t even make me mad it just makes me sad. Sad for Gallaraga for getting robbed of a ridiculously impressive and rare achievement, sad for the ump for having a single blown call—something umps do every day—go down as likely the worst miss of all time, and sad that it happened in an era when it couldn’t be fixed right away like it could now. A massive bummer all around.
Umpires make mistakes. He couldn’t go back on it and felt terrible. I’ve always wondered if he was aware of the stakes.
Why couldn’t they challenge it?
Strangely enough, if the ump made the right call, fewer people would remember Armando’s efforts that day.
Jim Joyce said at the time, on the field, right after the play, “I just screwed that kid out of a perfect game” or something like that.
He knew it in the moment. Everyone knew it in the moment. But because of the stupid “umps can never admit they are wrong” insanity, he didn’t overturn himself. The crew chief didn’t overturn it.
Better to be forever wrong than correct your mistake on the spot.
Stupid umps and refs and their machismo culture.
Dude was literally crying after fucking up the call. Why couldnt they reverse it if everyone knew??
Unforgivable is definitely not the right word.
It sucks. Joyce apologized, and by all accounts handled the mistake as gracefully as possible.
Gallaraga forgave him, and got all kinds of notoriety for the perfecto that should’ve been. We don’t need to vilify the umpire any longer. The whole situation is more memorable than if the call had been made correctly and everyone moved on
Jim Joyce cried the next day on the air when he saw the replay and said he “kicked the shit out of” the call and robbed Armando of his perfect game. I was enraged when I saw it first but, perhaps a small consolation, at least he owned it.
Did this call play a big role in bringing reviews to MLB? Man if only replay review challenges existed in baseball back then.
Jim Joyce was widely regarded as one of the best umpires of his generation by the players
Absolutely heart breaking. Put this man in the record books with a perfect game.
the most unforgivable thing in baseball happened in the 163rd game of the 2007 season in the NL wild card tie breaker between the rockies and the padres when the rockies stole the game from my beloved padres. i’ll never recover and i’ll never forgive matt fucking holiday for ruining my childhood
I know he apologized and felt terrible after, but I don’t know what he saw to make that call in the first place. It wasn’t even close.
I remember watching that right before leaving to go to a Giants game here, and when I was hanging out in Willie Mays Plaza waiting for my friends, that play was all anyone was talking about.
Bruh..
Ugh.
I mean, it wasn’t in vain. It changed baseball forever. We have replays now largely because of this error.
I hope MLB retroactively gives him a perfect game. It’s one thing to say, “you never know if he’d have gotten the 25th, 26th out, etc. when the wrong call was made in the top of the 8th or something.
But this was the last out. The game was over.
My two thoughts on this as I was watching the live cut-in:
First, It has always enraged me that umpires will not huddle on a close call like this and make a group decision. They do this in football and most other major sports. I simply do not understand that.
Secondly, MLB should absolutely be able to retroactively change this call. Especially since it would not have affected the outcome of the game. I understand they don’t want to set that precedent but still.
The severity this had on the mlb universe made it seem like we held umpires to a higher degree than police when it came to accepting responsibility and admitting when you’re wrong.
Galarraga was such a class act during all of this.
Pain.
That would’ve been hilarious if it was Angel Hernandez that blew the perfect game
I just graduated high school on this day and we were sitting on the 1st base side 25 rows up to celebrate graduation. In about the sixth inning my brother and I look up and see 0’s on the scoreboard. We both looked at each other and said, oh we are in for something special. During the ninth, the stadium was tense as everyone knew what was at stake. Not a single person was sitting with two outs and when that ball was hit to the second base side of the field I thought for sure it was it. However, Miguel Cabrera fielded the ball out of position and it should have been the second basemen’s ball. This is turn changed Jim Joyce’s viewpoint of the bag and the play. Thus, Cabrera had to soft toss it to Galarraga and the rest is unwritten history. The crowd stood there in disbelief for a good solid five minutes, even after the game was over.
I clearly remember listening to the post game show on the radio on the way home and Jim Joyce was shown the replay and he started breaking down in tears because he knew that was a historical mistake. He said “I can’t believe I missed it”.
The next game was a day game and I remember Galarraga was given a brand new Corvette and Joyce was gifted a truck from Chevy for admitting his mistake. At least he got a corvette out of it. Galarraga handed in the lineup card and Joyce was behind home plate that game and he broke down in tears when he handed over the card and gave him a huge hug. Pretty emotional moment.
Regardless, one of the best sporting events I’ve ever witnessed.
Of all of the people that got robbed that day, Austin Jackson might’ve been the worst. He had an incredible catch to preserve it the first out of the 9th. Look it up if you haven’t seen it with Rod Allen’s call.