Armando Galarraga

But I do like the human element of that's what happened.

I mean, you know, history has been, you know, th- those kind of calls have determined the history in baseball, right? You look at, uh, Galarraga-

Yeah

... not getting the perfect game with the Tigers.

Uh, Jim Joyce is actually the umpire that, uh, probably now gonna be one of the most famous blown calls in the history of Major League Baseball.

Detroit's Armando Galarraga was just one out away from pitching a perfect game, and then the ump stepped in.

With two outs in the ninth inning against Cleveland, Jason Donald hit a ground ball into a hole between first and second.

First baseman Mi- Miguel Cabrera fielded the ball and threw it to Galarraga, who was covering first.

It's even harder than you think.

However, I really, really do like the chances of the Rockies with their young core, who by the way, for the first time, [inhales] maybe the first time since Holliday and Helton and Galarraga, maybe for the first time makes me feel as though the Rockies are finally on the way up.

I'm gonna do a wait to see on this, actually.

Jordan, write this down.

because we already see it in college football.

You know the best example of, like, we understand more people make mistakes than it seems like it's Cloak and Dagger and Illuminati hiding behind the calls and they won't admit it is Jim Joyce with the Galarraga thing.

He just came out and said it.

I whiffed it.

But I wanted to bring up the idea of oversight committees, and when you, quote, protest a game in baseball or any sport, it never changes.

Andres Galarraga, not Andres Galarraga, Armando Galarraga? Yes.

Yes.

With the perfect game.

that he blew the call.

Yes.

Which means Armando Galarraga really did pitch a perfect game, but they call it the imperfect perfect game.

Which I think makes it the most famous imperfect perfect game.

Or was that, did I say his name right?

Armando Galarraga.

Armando.

Armando? That's not it either.

So the ball wiggles out of it because they don't know how to make a pocket.

It's crazy.

It was Armando Galarraga, by the way.

It was.

Um, so in other words, the NCAA says, "That's not the way it should have been done.

Western Michigan should have won the game, but we don't have the authority," according to them, "to change the outcome." It's kind of like Major League Baseball had absolutely the authority to step in when umpire Jim Joyce robbed Armando Galarraga of a perfect game for the Detroit Tigers.

He could have said, "That call was wrong." Now, had it happened when we had replay, the kid would have had a perfect game.

It was before replay.