NEW YORK -- Major League Baseball was still deciding Thursday morning whether to review the umpire's blown call that cost Armando Galarraga a perfect game.
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Commissioner Bud Selig has the power to reverse umpire Jim Joyce's missed call that came with two outs in the ninth inning Wednesday night in Detroit. Joyce ruled Cleveland's Jason Donald safe, then admitted he got it wrong and tearfully apologized in person to the pitcher.<br>
Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski said the team will not ask MLB to overturn the call. Selig would likely consult with his top advisers before making such a ruling. St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa says the call should be overturned.
Tigers manager Jim Leyland said MLB gave Joyce the option to not work Thursday's game, but Joyce chose to stick with his job behind the plate. Leyland added that Galarraga would present the lineup card and shake hands with Joyce at home plate before the afternoon game.
Milt Pappas, who lost a perfect game in 1972 on a controversial call and settled for a no-hitter instead, told ESPN's Willie Weinbaum that he thinks the blown call that cost Galarraga a perfect game should be reversed.
Pappas lost his perfect game on a two-out, ninth-inning walk that he believes should have been called a game-ending third strike. He supports instant replay in baseball, but not for balls and strikes.
"I think it should be reversed and the kid should get a perfect game, especially after the umpire said he blew it," Pappas said. "Since the ump admitted he was wrong, which seldom happens, the commissioner should rectify it. I hope [Bud] Selig has the guts to do it. I feel sorry for the young man. At least the umpire had the guts to say he was wrong."
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Commissioner Bud Selig has the power to reverse umpire Jim Joyce's missed call that came with two outs in the ninth inning Wednesday night in Detroit. Joyce ruled Cleveland's Jason Donald safe, then admitted he got it wrong and tearfully apologized in person to the pitcher.<br>
Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski said the team will not ask MLB to overturn the call. Selig would likely consult with his top advisers before making such a ruling. St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa says the call should be overturned.
Tigers manager Jim Leyland said MLB gave Joyce the option to not work Thursday's game, but Joyce chose to stick with his job behind the plate. Leyland added that Galarraga would present the lineup card and shake hands with Joyce at home plate before the afternoon game.
Milt Pappas, who lost a perfect game in 1972 on a controversial call and settled for a no-hitter instead, told ESPN's Willie Weinbaum that he thinks the blown call that cost Galarraga a perfect game should be reversed.
Pappas lost his perfect game on a two-out, ninth-inning walk that he believes should have been called a game-ending third strike. He supports instant replay in baseball, but not for balls and strikes.
"I think it should be reversed and the kid should get a perfect game, especially after the umpire said he blew it," Pappas said. "Since the ump admitted he was wrong, which seldom happens, the commissioner should rectify it. I hope [Bud] Selig has the guts to do it. I feel sorry for the young man. At least the umpire had the guts to say he was wrong."
