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Armando Galarraga Loses Perfect Game On Blown Call; MLB Meeting To Discuss Incident
Detroit's Armando Galarraga lost a perfect game with two outs in the ninth inning in the worst way possible: a blown call by first base umpire Jim Joyce. Galarraga has to settle for the most disappointing one-hit shutout ever. Read more at Let's Go Tribe! and Bless You Boys.
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June 3, 2010
VIDEO: Jim Joyce's Emotional Reaction After Armando Galarraga Presents Lineup Card
And such was the case on Thursday in Detroit. Roughly just 17 hours after the new infamous call at first base, umpire Jim Joyce was back on the field at Comerica Park (he's working behind the plate in today's game), receiving the lineup card from Armando Galarraga (a task normally reserved for the team's manager).
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June 3, 2010
Over The Monster: Selig Should Not Reverse The Un-Perfect Game
Detroit's Armando Galarraga was one out away from the third perfect game of 2010 and the second in less than a week, but a blown call by first base umpire Jim Joyce cost him immortality.
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June 3, 2010
Bloggers React To Armando Galaragga's "Perfect" Game
Detroit's Armando Galarraga was one out away from the third perfect game of 2010 and the second in less than a week, but a blown call by first base umpire Jim Joyce cost him immortality.
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June 3, 2010
AUDIO: Jim Joyce Says He 'Kicked The S**t' Out Of Blown Call
Audio of Jim Joyce's comments after he blew the call on the final out of Armando Galarraga's near-perfect game on Wednesday night.
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June 2, 2010
Bless You Boys: Bud Selig Should 'Make This Game Perfect'
SB Nation's Bless You Boys writes a letter to MLB Commish Bud Selig, urging him to overturn the "not" perfect game.
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June 2, 2010
VIDEO: Armando Galarraga Loses Perfect Game In Ninth Inning
A fair warning for Tigers fans: this video (via Jose, of course) shows the top of the ninth inning in its entirety. Everything from Austin Jackson's ridiculous catch in center to Mike Redmond's ground out to short to Jim Joyce's blown call at first base on Jason Donald's grounder. Trevor Crowe's final out is also included, but that seems somewhat inconsequential, no?
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June 2, 2010
PICTURE: Armando Galarraga's Perfect Game Taken Away By Jim Joyce
Armando Galarraga was one out away from the third perfect game of 2010 and the second in less than a week, but a blown call by first base umpire Jim Joyce cost him immortality.
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June 2, 2010
In Progress: Detroit's Armando Galarraga Has Perfect Game Thru Seven Innings
Armando Galarraga was one out away from the third perfect game of 2010 and the second in less than a week, but a blown call by first base umpire Jim Joyce cost him immortality.