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I recently went to Cooperstown with my dad. Despite being a tragic end to a perfecto, there is a large display titled “Near-Perfect Game” honoring Galarraga and explaining the situation at the HoF. It’s arguably more famous than some ‘true’ perfect games due to the circumstances. Galarraga knows what he did.

@matrixphijr

9 ай бұрын

It's called the 'Imperfect Game'. Yes, it has its own little historical niche, and it's arguably (I don't even think there's a counter-argument, really) the most famous non-perfect game in history. We all know he actually got it. Would it be great if MLB went back and gave it to him? Sure. But that's not happening after 10+ years. If they did, though, or if there hadn't been a blown call to negate it, I almost guarantee that his name would have been forgotten by now, just like so many other no-hitter/perfect game pitchers.

@VicInNocal

9 ай бұрын

​@@matrixphijrThat's funny because it reminds me a bit of a video I saw recently of that horrible awful Tommy Wiseau movie THE ROOM, and how everyone who made that movie has become immortalized as being part of that world famous movie, whereas if they had done a halfway decent competent film, nobody would have ever known them.

@edwardduering5776

9 ай бұрын

I didn't know it was there. I'm so glad to hear that it is!!!

@NIN1

9 ай бұрын

@@edwardduering5776 yes, they even have the first base bag from the game!

@NIN1

9 ай бұрын

@@VicInNocal HE DID NOT REACH BASE!! HE DID NOOOTT 😂

Little does anyone know but this is 100% my fathers fault. 5 seconds before the pitch was thrown he said “can you imagine if the ump blew the call” 😆

@csnide6702

9 ай бұрын

😂 Hold it against him forever !

@Savage3OO6

9 ай бұрын

I did something similar about two months ago. Javier Baez was in the midst of 7 straight at bats with a strikeout and I was at Comerica with my kids. When he came up to the plate, I said, "could this clown please just bunt for a hit." Seconds later he bunted and was standing on first base. My kids think I can see the future.

@csnide6702

9 ай бұрын

@@Savage3OO6 🤣

@BigJackMack

9 ай бұрын

Lies

@MeatyOchre

9 ай бұрын

@@BigJackMack Lol. You need a hug, friend?

As rough as this was, was always glad to see a complete class act from both sides afterwards.

@rileyhart2462

9 ай бұрын

The aftermath was really a best-case-scenario

@mikenoodle100

9 ай бұрын

Gallaraga’s next start was in Chicago, where he was given a standing ovation by the crowd when he gave up his first base runner.

@zerocool1884

8 ай бұрын

We need to stop praising "class" and focusing on those who fight back against BS calls like this

@UhRageQuit

8 ай бұрын

@@zerocool1884 what is there to fight back? Per rules you can’t change that call once it’s made. They could have put “class” to the side and been ugly about it. But realistically all that would have ended up doing is creating more bad blood without anything happening. Maybe the umpire would have been fined or fired. Is that what you mean? If so I’m not saying you’re wrong just seems harsh

@berraquito

2 ай бұрын

@@UhRageQuit You are right! class do have a place in baseball and everyday life. Look at Clemens (not in the HOF), we will always picture him throwing the piece of bat at Piazza. Look at Bonds (not in the HOF) and all his shenanigans. Look at Pete Rose (not in the HOF) and we will always picture him tackling Ray Fosse at home plate and ending his career in an All Star game of all places. There are plenty of current and former ball players that will be remembered more for their classless acts than their excellence on the field. Jim Joyce admitted he made the wrong call and Galarraga brought him the lineup card the next day (not the manager) in a way of saying i forgive you. Joyce became emotional by this gesture. That is the definition of class by both player and umpire.

Couldn’t name more than half the guys that actually threw one, but I’ll never forget this

@matrixphijr

9 ай бұрын

Right? I feel like that's exactly the point. So many people that aren't even Tigers fans will always have the name Armando Galarraga etched in their minds. At this point, we all know it was actually a perfect game, so who cares what the box score says? It even has an exhibit in the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.

@edwardduering5776

9 ай бұрын

Same.

@MarkFranklin-ws5jf

2 ай бұрын

I'm also surprised that Armandos career wasn't really that great. As a baseball fan, but I'm not a daily MLB fan, I can recall his name Galaragga, teams, and country very quickly. This game might explain why.

The irony of this was that Jim Joyce is one of the best umpires. Everyone makes mistakes, and if this call had come in another game where perfect game wasn’t at stake, it would have been long forgotten. To his credit, Jim Joyce apologized to the pitcher, and you could tell by the fact that he had tears in his eyes, he was genuinely remorseful. Unlike today’s umpires who never apologize or admit their mistakes.

@seanpaulanthony5917

9 ай бұрын

He also recently said he wouldn't change anything on either ESPN or HBO special...weird and contradictory to all the whining and supposed regrets he had.. crocodile tears now. Before he said that at the tail end..I felt the same way. But once again is a piece of shit..just rehydrated!!!😂

@BigLouJo_XVI

6 ай бұрын

It doesn’t matter, mistakes at this high of a magnitude that can be made anyone could result in even the best umpires in MLB history to fall from grace the way Jim Joyce did. And unfortunately, that’s probably the sole reason why he’ll end up joining Pete Rose, Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Jose Canseco, A-Rod, and the other hundreds of thousands of truly great players who’ll never be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame because of their “past mistakes” that they’ve made.

@seanpaulanthony5917

6 ай бұрын

@@BigLouJo_XVI Pete Rose is the only one on that list that virtually everyone agrees should and will be in the hall. Joyce, I don't know...his one..screw up actually gave Andreas Galarraga his own corner in Cooperstown..lest he wouldn't be. Everyone else mentioned, that's not a momentary screw up. The problem is with the others on your list, assuming you want them in. It's important that you or anyone else reading this, , as well as other sane adults..believe recreational drug use is a right, not just a "pay your fine and leave" privilege. When used responsibly..The one thing most adults regardless of political affiliation or nation can agree on.(I live in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia 🇧🇴🇺🇲 for reference) the key word is recreational. Steroids are an obvious game changer, and aside from the athletic advantage, definitely not as you said, paraphrased, "a momentary lapse of judgement". Sports are, and should be taken seriously...without PEDs, or what is the point? There are other things to take, (Speed, Adderall..not sustainable mentally over time) but if you remember, this was huge. Definitely not consequence free, others would have done the same, except those same players knew the jig would be up soon. Too FN obvious for one.!MLB right on time (kidding of course, they needed that Sosa/McGwire race in concert with ratings.. and Barry Bonds was, before he chose poorly, great. But what we saw on the upslope was a mirage, a lie. Most have this incredible acceleration on the back half of their careers, not cool. Records matter, results of WS, thankfully no triple crowns..(Miguel Cabrera had the sickest "guaranteed pure" run. Alberto's last season was highly suspect at best, and apparently had a "system" says two former players. Still Miggy is beloved ..not just because he retired as the best right handed hitter of his generation..in a club of 3, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Miggy. 500HR, 3000H, 600DB, MVP, WS then be it lifetime BA over .300 or the triple crown..becomes the Miguel Cabrera only club. And why did he receive accolades at every visiting park, love from the crowds.. including a star on the walk of Fame? He did it right, everyone loves Miguel Cabrera. No steroids.) gets called in by Congress. And I used to be a paid heavyweight sparring partner when Miami was my go between (Cochabamba, or Santa Cruz de la Sierra, to Miami.. Michigan to visit my mother only, maybe catch a game at the Big House...)..i definitely thought about it, my neighbor on Ocean (all towers, Hollywood FL..) aside from having "goodies", was a juicer. Then decided Im doing well (almost 12 years ago, I'm 43, so I hope this helps, they will be remembered..the bitch is separating the non juicers from the juicers... shouldn't be hard considering this period started after Cecil Fielder hit 51HR in 93? Something that was celebrated, considering no one had reached 50HR in what 30 years prior... pragmatic numbers are a start, but it sucks for anyone caught or not, because masking or using hot bags(fake penis, someone else's urine in the nuts 😄) was too easy. Though my reason for not juicing, at the time I only did party class stuff, though relatively sober because I wanted to box. GNC, before it was pulled, gave me something even stronger. Though amphetamines wouldn't show, this "legal" creatine, nitro, whatever I paid 200$ a month for , a little research.. you'll find it's the same thing sold on army bases.. documentary and all. I've done just about everything sans steroids, or PCP. Positives...i was lifting my max (if I couldn't do 7-10 reps, I rarely would augment weight) on the second go around, seemingly effortless, this lasted about 3-4 weeks...I thought I was rockin' ...Negatives...take your pick, when your juicer friend says this stuff is too much, there's a problem. Aside from feeling without this on some nights like I could put a hole in anything...I as in the GNC doc, also felt like some xman , feeling like the entire city was my bitch..no joke. And some of those things did happen, as far as feats of strength. But...I was rabid. Just like the molecular structure similar to meth I wouldn't know till later for sure, I'd only done "that" a few times, and there's a reason I never considered trying it a 4th time. My trainer could see what I couldn't.. friends too, a rabid pitbull douchebag. Eventually I caught on this is not just some "effect" from high power legal whatever! Anyway, I get it. I'm now a once in a while (shrooms are healthy, now every pharma company is racing to make some psylocybin pill for depression, nerves.. right after Oxford, John's Hopkins, Michigan, countless Euro high power medical centers, Stanford..that did it. Apparently better than any antidepressant..damn, most of us could have said that years ago. Now MDMA is being used in trial studies.. unnecessary, because it's great, just a dopamine drainer..so unless that's the jist, add that!!! Ok, I had some time tonight to drone on, and I agree with you on Pete Rose. Maybe it took him 6 or 7 seasons of at bats to break Ty Cobb's hit record, but damnit he did. How do you keep one of 2 in the 4K hit club out for... betting. Fine, a victim of 1919...but in no way in hell would or should keep him out. Frankly I don't think he gives a shit, but best get him in while he's alive than some pathetic post humorous honor. Take care, hopefully you understand a little better from a former athlete, user of everything (recreationally) somewhere in the babbling 😅why steroids in baseball almost become another 1919. Chau, buenas noches

@seanpaulanthony5917

6 ай бұрын

Oh yeah, Joyce is an enigma.. maybe he said after all the tears that "he wouldn't charge a thing", admitted blowing the call, kind of hard not to... maybe because of what Andreas Galarraga got historically, the famous 28 out PERFECT game, his own corner in Cooperstown... still a douche, but yeah a good umpire who could have changed the call, MLB could have changed it. Still might. Though still nothing to do with steroid stats. That is pretty unanimous.

@Anglovox

4 ай бұрын

Yep...It kinda reminds of Jackie Smith in Super Bowl XIII...or Bill Buckner in Game 6 of the '86 World Series. All similarly tragic.

I agree with your conclusions. The aftermath was nothing but legendary. It is still talked about 13 years later. And the sportsmanship between Joyce and Galarraga is truly defining.

@jpsned

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, how many other perfect games do people still talk about? The only one I can think of is Don Larsen's.

@vilhelmhammershoi3871

4 ай бұрын

there is no sportsmanship on joyce's side.... stop defending that creep.

@peteysurber3760

16 күн бұрын

@@vilhelmhammershoi3871 There certainly was. Umpires today blow calls and do not admit it. Joyce admitted his mistake and owned up to it. He also saved the life of an attendant at a ballpark 2 years later.

@vilhelmhammershoi3871

16 күн бұрын

@@peteysurber3760 Let me guess... she was out and he called her safe????? na..... he is a creep. That was not accidental.... AND!!! he was seen by millions ruining said game. Let me put it to you this way now... 'joyce takes a dump on your daughter's face and he is filmed doing it... and he.... then admits it was a mistake and how sorry he is to take a dump on your daughter's face' now he is a nice guy? get out of here!

@vilhelmhammershoi3871

16 күн бұрын

@@peteysurber3760 the ball park attendant staged incident was to save face.

I feel really bad for Joyce, though. He even admitted afterward that he was wrong. Poor guy :(

@lastbestplace8112

9 ай бұрын

ya shouldn't cuz he's a grown man and should have known better...

@orangelab6846

9 ай бұрын

​@@lastbestplace8112says the person whos never made a mistake.

@TimCarter

9 ай бұрын

He couldn't deny being wrong, since millions saw it and it's on video forever. He just got caught up in a moment of power, and he wanted to be bigger than the game. He should be be shamed by all, and he should go hide under a rock for the rest of his life.

@nazfrde

9 ай бұрын

@@TimCarter But can you imagine Joe West or Angel Hernandez being this contrite?

@cdjhyoung

9 ай бұрын

Don't feel too bad for him. A month later he blew another call against the Tigers that cost them the game. Leland was having none of his excuses.

Poor Armando. He never got that close again. But I'm so proud of him for handling it with such grace and class, most people wouldn't do that. And Jim Joyce, one of the most beloved umps in the game, he admitted he made a mistake and Armando, like a true champion, didn't hold it against him. We're all human, we make mistakes sometimes. The important thing is in the moment resolve them with class like Armando and Jim did. We need more people like them.

@TimCarter

9 ай бұрын

Big deal. He admitted something that everyone could clearly see. What else could he do? Too little, too late.

@CharmCityGamer

9 ай бұрын

@@TimCarter You must be amazing at parties...

@ralphwiggum1982

9 ай бұрын

I hate that Armando’s career kinda just dwindled away afterwards though

@CharmCityGamer

9 ай бұрын

@@ralphwiggum1982 Yeah same.

@bhamsoxfan72

9 ай бұрын

​@@CharmCityGamer This might possibly be the most perfect example of sportsmanship the world has ever seen.

Seems like even the batter for Cleveland was disappointed he was called safe

We all know the everlasting impact on this. Galaraga has incredible restraint, Joyce owned up to it, and instant replay was solidified as a NEED for the sport. 28 out perfect game imo.

@whatthefleeb

9 ай бұрын

Everything you said is fact. Not in your opinion, but in fact.

@Padraig1974

28 күн бұрын

@@whatthefleebexcept for the point calling it a perfect game. That’s an opinion, it is an incorrect opinion. He threw a one hitter.

Lifelong Michigander and Tigers fan and I think your video puts this event perfectly in perspective. I don't tear up when I think about it because a chance at history was missed...I tear up because of the human element: Jim Joyce admitting his mistake, accepting responsibility, and apologizing, and Galarraga not only accepting his apology but going a step further and trying to make him feel better about it. Thanks for making this. A truly unforgettable event.

@milolee1725

2 ай бұрын

Hiya bud. I second your emotions on this....but if you look at this video again,Joyce obviously did not make this bad call on purpose,but at the top of inning 6(or 7) he gave a similar call the tigers way....was he subconsciously thinking I'll even the score by making a split decion call bottom of the 9th as the tigers have already won the game WITHOUT thinking about the historic moment? This is not a dig at Joyce,as he seems such a genuine stand up guy that the point of history never even entered his mind when he made the call.

This made me dislike Selig more because we have seen in the past the mlb commissioner has the power to redo games or redo a call made. He could have easily counted this and the fact he didn't makes me furious because every ump is gonna make a mistake but this mistake easily could have been changed by him.

@michaelmccormack494

9 ай бұрын

You're right. Selig was a bad bum.

@markbonner1139

9 ай бұрын

Absotivly!!Selig's an ass!!!

@herotomillions4095

9 ай бұрын

The official made the call. End of story. Overturning this means ALL missed calls have to be overturned. This is nothing. There are missed calls that have decided games, championships, and have costed millions. No one should ever change a missed call from the past. The record books would be a disaster. The difference now with replay review is that it's an official changing a call and it's happening in real time before anything else happens. Every call that's made doesn't just change the trajectory of a player or a team, but it changes the trajectory of baseball. Who knows how this one call changed the course of baseball. Perhaps, if this call was made correctly, AG would have his no-no, but we might not have video replay today. Any bad call that happened in the past, happened. Move on. Get over it

@brianbanks3044

9 ай бұрын

@@herotomillions4095 this reversal would not have hurt anything....the commissioner has power and blew by not showing control

@herotomillions4095

9 ай бұрын

@@brianbanks3044 it hurts no one except for you. Get over it

Joyce was probably the best ump and most respected by players, the only one that I've even seen apologize and be so torn up that he wanted to talk to a player he messed up w. You can tell it tore him up knowing he made the wrong call. The way an ump and pitcher handled that was awesome

As it stands, I remember this "non-perfect game" far more than ANY other (true) perfect game. Armando's class, that smile, Joyce's mea culpa, the two coming together at the lineup card trade the next day. One of the worst ... yet GREATEST moments in Baseball history.

I just appreciate how they all either owed up to the mistake or forgave it. Probably one of the better human stories in baseball and a great example to show all those parents / fans / players who blow up when playing games "for fun".

All these years later and it still hurts to watch. I’m not even a tigers fan, I just remember this night so well. Thank you for this video, tremendous job breaking this down the way you did! 🤝🏼

Everyone, even the umpire now knows it was a blown call, can't we just give him the perfect game credit already??

@critter2

9 ай бұрын

thats not how it works like it or not, and you all act as it wasn't as close and you all threating his family over a fucking game...

@will.a.benjamin

9 ай бұрын

@@critter2 Angry much? I can assure you I didn't threaten anyone bud.

@8.-.3

9 ай бұрын

@critter2 a two step call at first isn't a close call. Usually a step or shorter is considered a close call

St Louis Cardinal fans would say the blown call at first base in game six of the 1985 World Series

@forgettablelisa

9 ай бұрын

And they would be right. This was a regular season game ffs lol, not even close to the worst blown call in MLB history.

@jamesage24

9 ай бұрын

I'm not a Cardinal fan, but I agree that was the worst blown call in televised MLB history.

@chrislane3228

9 ай бұрын

That was my most painful memory of baseball. My Cards were robbed.

@karnubawax

2 ай бұрын

I'm a Giants fan and I totally agree.

@geoffreysorkin5774

17 күн бұрын

Something bad happening to the Cardinals is never a bad thing. Go Cubs.

The world could use more Armandos. Class act.

I remember being in a crowded Bar in West Michigan watching this (with a now deceased friend - RIP Bobby!) . The play that stood out wasn't so much the blown call , but the long drive that Jackson tracked down in spacious Left-Centerfield. It was a real thriller. Joyce just thought the runner beat out the throw - $hit happens. It's part of what got us replay, so it turned out as a step in right direction.

"OH JACKSONNNN!!!!" is one of my favorite calls ever as a Tigers fan

Watch Joyce closely as the play is made. He starts to raise his right arm to call him out and changes his mind as he was making the call. Watch at 25% speed from about 14 : 44 to 14 :45 and you will see Joyce start to step into the call with his left foot while cocking his right arm.

Jim was a hell of an Umpire. Nothing but respect to him .

You can hear the pain in Joyce’s voice after. You can see the character of Galarraga in his reaction to what he KNEW was a final out. The way these two men handled themselves after is what sports should be. Class acts all the way through.

I love how well everyone handled it. Joyce knew he blew it, and he was so remorseful. I respect that heavily

"Jim Joyce is driving..." *video cuts immediately to a KZread truck ad*

Yeah, it's like the 12 inning lost "perfect" game by Harvey Haddix. A fan wrote to him afterwards with only the words ""Tough sh*t." Haddix at first was angry about that, but later came to realize the comment was the only correct one to make. And like Galarraga's game, more people remember Haddix's lost "perfect" game than remember all the real perfect games. Great video, thanks!

@csnide6702

9 ай бұрын

You'll never see a game like Haddix's again because NO WAY will a Manager of today leave a guy in 12 innings.

The MLB still has the power to go back and change this call to make it right.. the fact they still haven’t done it makes me sick.

@tonecapone8021

9 ай бұрын

I remember Selig was even asked about doing it at the time and he said no then said something about looking into replay. :eyeroll: They change things in games retroactively all the time! This one should be easy...it didn't happen in the second inning, it was (what should have been) the last play of the game that was called wrong and Joyce admitted it too. They should fix this. But they wont.

Compare Galaraga's reaction to that of Milt Pappas when Pappas lost a perfect game with two outs in the ninth.

The game is so famous now BECAUSE of the blown call. Had Joyce called the play correctly, it would just be another mostly forgotten perfect game. But people remember the name Armando Galarraga because of the missed call that denied him his perfecto, and because of the classy way he reacted to it.

It just goes to show that a perfect game requires not just perfection from the pitcher but from all the fielders and the umpires as well

@DanielSong39

9 ай бұрын

Halladay got a bogus perfect game when the throw pulled the 1st baseman off the bag

The weirdest thing about that play, is that Jim Joyce is never going to appear on a list of worst umpires. I think anyone that watches any amount of baseball would agree that Jim Joyce was a solid umpire, not known for blowing calls. He's never going to be confused with Angel Hernandez or C B Bucknor. But for whatever reason, on that play, he brain farted at the absolute worst possible time. It was awesome to see how both reacted to that play afterwards, and the class that both of them handled it with.

In the end, Joyce made this one of the most famous "perfect games" ever. Hardly anyone outside of Detroit would even remember Armando Galarraga or this game if he got that call right. Most people who know about this game couldn't name more than a few ACTUAL perfect games.

@John2000sBaby

9 ай бұрын

Another comment mentioned they have a display in Cooperstown honoring the “Near Perfect Game” and explaining the situation, its become more famous than some other perfect games due to the circumstances

I was following on the game on Gamecast in class that night. I also have to say when I saw the video when it happened, it was clear that it was a blown call, but I was also a new referee (rugby) and felt for Joyce. You develop the “ref eye” to see things that happen that fast, but you also know how hard it is to maintain that level of concentration. I also have a great deal of respect for Joyce for admitting he blew the call after he saw the replay.

Must refs and umps act infallible. BIG UPS to Joyce for being a straight shooter and owning up to his mistake.

Simply put, this video feels like closure. I'm not a Tiger's fan, but as a baseball fan I've long held anger and a lot of sadness from this event. It's hard to watch replays and to think of how this wrong hadn't been rightened. Even at the beginning of this video, seeing so many new angles and new footage of people witnessing the missed call opened up a pit in my stomach. Having said all that, your point at the end of this video is one I hadn't even considered, and it feels so mature, and as soon as you mentioned it I felt the pressure of your video's build-up lift off of my chest. You're so right, these two men are infamous and this perfect game stands out above many others and now as an adult I will choose to take your point of view with me. Thank you! (Oh, and I'm immediately subscribing)

Awesome video! I saw the last inning live on the MLB channel and I remember that smile from Armando and thought how much of a class act he was to handle it like that..and then stayed focus to get the next guy out! What also stood out to me in your video was that there were no perfect games from 1922 until 1956, when Larsen pitched one in the WORLD SERIES! Thats 34 years of no perfect games... wow...That mustve just added to the drama and pressure back then!!

Jim Joyce is still a great man. It takes courage to field questions after knowing and seeing how badly you blew a call. He let people lay into him because he felt to punish himself. It’s a shame all around. Sports are so manic I’m glad gallaraga and Joyce were both great humans about the situation

Core memory watching this game with my dad and him flipping out, I was like 8 and didn't realize how big of a deal it was

@TL2354

2 ай бұрын

What the hell is a “core memory”?

The silver lining of the blown call is that this near perfect game is more memorable than most other perfect games. If the right call was made, this game wouldn't be talked about nearly as much and there definitely would not be a Baseball Historian video about the game.

I too will never forget the reaction from Galarraga. He’s a better man than most handling it the way he did.

I forgot to mention Jim Leyland was surprisingly quite calm and mellow about all this all things considered (maybe age came wisdom?)...if this was in the 90s he might have not been, eh, such a good sport about it and who knows how pissed he might've gotten in the post game press conference. I wish I could find somewhere on KZread how he came UNGLUED right before the 1997 World Series when some in the media thought the Marlins didn't really deserve to be in the World Series as they were "just a wild card".

@ericnelson4761

9 ай бұрын

He handled it way better than I would have. There’s no way I don’t get tossed in that situation and somehow he handled it in the pest Jim Leyland way imaginable.

@JohnSmith-zw8vp

9 ай бұрын

@@ericnelson4761 I probably would've felt like a burst bubble and probably would've half covered my face with my glove. Remember I don't think he knew at first the call was blown.

I am happy to see you uploading on a regular basis. Keep up the amazing work!!

I love that Galarraga just goes back to the mound, keeps cooking, and delivers another out with no issues. That was his night and no one was gonna ruin it for him.

This game is truly the biggest asterisk game ever. I'm glad they didn't change the call but still acknowledge the game.

Joyce was an excellent ump, to miss this call really hurt his heart, and it showed. Gallaraga got the chance, which is more than almost any pitcher in baseball ever gets. Then he held it together and got the last out again. Pure class that he accepted Joyce's apology, and even consoled him for how he felt about what happened.

Don Denkinger, 1985 World Series. That was the most painful thing in MY baseball history.

@bhamsoxfan72

9 ай бұрын

Buckner - 86 World Series (but HALLELUJAH for 2004!)

@mptr1783

9 ай бұрын

@@bhamsoxfan72 didnt know Buckner was an umpire

@bhamsoxfan72

9 ай бұрын

@@mptr1783 Was he? I didn't know he was either... (Although, I'm pretty sure he was not.) The comment I replied to said "the most painful THING...", it didn't say anything about umpires.

The sportsmanship on this one play was off the charts! Even the manager handled it with mild aplomb, saving himself from being ejected,

The reaction smile, the apology accepted and the embrace makes it one of the top sportsmanship moments in sports of all time. He could of freaked out, cry murder and started a hate moment on a ump but instead, he took it gracefully. I would use this as a teaching moment for any kid playing sports….Gallaraga got my total respect for that!

I wonder if there’s ever been a situation where a pitcher is credited with a perfect game BECAUSE of a blown call. In other words, an umpire calls a runner out who should have been safe, the pitcher gets the other 26 outs and is heralded with a perfecto which he didn’t deserve. Seems to me that would be as likely as what happened here.

@realMal1c3

9 ай бұрын

There have certainly been horrible strike 3 calls in perfecto's.

I've never seen a greater example of sportsmanship and gentlemanly behavior on both sides in any sport.

When this happened I sat there in disbelief for 2 minutes completely frozen and silent as my mother in law who never watches baseball was screaming at the tv.

Galaragga is the man, truly a humble man could only laugh in the face of adversity the way he did. The threw a nine inning 28 out perfect game. Only time in history that’s ever happened. Sort of. John means had a strange call in his no hitter if I recall correctly. Edit: John means faced the minimum batters in a no hitter. The only base runner reached on a swinging strike out on a wild pitch that went to the back stop. He was promptly thrown out.

There is something rather poetic about that game looking back. It was a perfect game you know it I know it everyone knows why does it need to be written down. Because history matters but we all know the history. It makes it a one-of-a-kind game it's a perfect game but the same time it isn't. A game that has been played thousands of times over 100 plus years being one-of-a-kind is really something special.

Juice using cheaters get plenty of asterisks. He deserves one. The poster at the end says it all..... "We all know it was perfect"

During my lifetime, there were a handful of perfect games that I know about only because they appear on the standard list of perfect games. Some are by relatively forgotten pitchers (e.g. Tom Browning), others are by boss-level legends (e.g. Randy Johnson). Of course, there are the perfectos that I DO remember, either because it was local to me (e.g. Dallas Braden) or I happened to tune in (e.g. Doc Halladay). But this game, along with the crazy Harvey Haddix game, gets a different place in history - one that oddly makes it MORE memorable than if he had officially thrown one. Sure, Galarraga certainly would have preferred to have had the call made correctly, and to have his name added to the list. But in a way, his name will be more famous in baseball lore because of the Joyce call, and much has to do with the way the two men handled it after. Put another way, in 50 years, only your most diehard baseball history trivia nerds will know names like Philip Humber and Len Barker. But fans will know of Armando Galarraga. As I told one of my co-workers not longer after it happened, "It's not a perfect game. It's better."

All the Commissioner needs to do is correct this call and all will be well because the game was over as simple as that - PERFECT GAME. I met Galarraga when he was a coach at the Yankee Minor League Complex a few years ago in Tampa. He signed a ball and I told him how much I admired him for the way he handled this situation.

Before starting the video, I'm guessing… the Kent Hrbek "T-Rex tag" from G2 of the 1991 World Series, where he pulls Ron Gant off of first base for the out.

@csnide6702

9 ай бұрын

Good one ... ! I had forgot all about that !

I watched this game "Live" and could not believe what I saw...a mind boggling mistake. First I have to give Galarraga all the credit in the world for being so understanding. Then I have to give Joyce credit for immediately admitting he blew it...and owning it. Next...credit to Leyland, Galarraga and Joyce to show such "Humanity" to start the next game. And finally props to the narrator of this video. This is certainly the best narration of an event I have ever seen on KZread. Great job Baseball Historian for getting every nuance to this event absolutely right. YOU hit it out of the park!

You know its bad when at 14:40 you can see the other team's hearts dropping.

Everybody gives Jim Joyce shit for this. Even after the whole perfect game thing, he was a solid umpire for sure.

Very well done video. Lots of footage I’ve never seen of the game, buttery smooth analysis. Well done

I watched this live on cable. My heart sunk to the floor...

If there was anything good to come out of this mistake then it's the fact that Jim Joyce immediately took ownership of his mistake. 99% of umpires wouldn't.

@terminat1

18 күн бұрын

It was blatantly obvious that he messed up (whether intentionally or not). He didn't have much of a choice.

I remember turning on the game in like probably the 7th inning. I can still recall the feeling watching it.

That face looked like he was smiling for the public as he thought about how to kill the umpire and get away with it. It's too bad there weren't challenges back then, it would have given the umps a chance to fix their terrible mistake and make everyone happy. Nobody, even the Indians wanted that play to be called that way. It's kind of shocking the runner gave any real effort to get to first.

This is an amazing video. One of the best baseball stories I’ve seen on KZread, you did a great deep dive into it. IMO you absolutely have the right takeaway from this call. We wouldn’t care half as much as we do if the aftermath wasn’t handled as well. Best case for sportsmanship I’ve seen this century. Thanks for putting this together and for your insight!

Reliving this actually makes me emotional. Life long tigers fan. This one hurt like a sob.

Anyone else remember staunch oldhead Harold Reynolds aftetwards smugly arguing that Joyce got the call right? [Reynolds thought Galarraga's snowcone catch was evidence that he didn't have control of the catch until the runner reached the bag]

I guess I've been living under a rock for 11 years bc TIL that Fausto Carmona never existed. You're blowing my mind here.

It was a gut punch at the time, no doubt. Years later, ask any baseball fan, and more of them will remember Armando than any other perfect game. So there’s that. Huge tip of the hat to him, and Joyce and Miggy… all three of them involved in the final out were absolute class acts!

its refreshing to see someone admit their mistake great lesson for kids today

Great video by the way, really really nice job man. Love the way you went about it

Armando is arguably more well-known for this than he would be had he thrown the perfect game…

the only issues i have is that group of umpires here or there got togather but it was far and inbetween doing those times. I feel it happen often more he would of asked for help. I don't blame Jim on anything and i was very piss off as his family was threating over this game. and it was not ok. People really don't know what umpires go through and how to call a game.

A few months later he faced Cleveland again and started the game with 4 perfect innings. He threw 13 straight perfect innings against the Indians in those 2 games

@TL2354

2 ай бұрын

Only he didn’t

I feel bad for Galarraga but I even feel worse for joyce he was one of the best umpires in MLB and it sucks that he made that mistake there, armando is a great guy and he pitch a perfect game that day everyone knows that.

The Goat is back!

This game really annoys me because it shows the one thing I don’t like about baseball. The old ways of the game still sticking around. If the umpire knows he got the call wrong, if everyone knows the call was wrong, if replay was instituted the call ends up right. So why can’t the stupid MLB officials change this game to what we all know it to be…a perfect game. It literally harms no one lmao. Awesome video man.

@JustinCase780

9 ай бұрын

Like every World Cup. 😂

@UhRageQuit

9 ай бұрын

You’re definitely not wrong, that kind of change just hast happened yet, and I’d imagine that would open flood gates for similar situations.

@UhRageQuit

9 ай бұрын

Also not wrong but I can’t imagine they’d wanna deal with that. It’s always some bs like that

@critter2

9 ай бұрын

you want really annoys me how perfection you people are the people who never umpire never get and don't understand not till Jim watch replay he relized he got it wrong. you people act as runner was so far back which he wasn't

@will.a.benjamin

9 ай бұрын

@@critter2 Oh okay, you're just a dumb troll who can't type a coherent sentence.

I went to the game the next day as part of a school trip. Unforgettable! Everybody knows it was a perfect game and undoubtedly is one of if not the most well-known perfect games of all time.

I have to say it the most painful thing I have seen on a baseball diamond was Brooks Conrad playing third base🤢🤮

It’s even more rare the robbery came at the hands directly of the pitcher as well who covered the bag. In some weird way, it feels atleast a little less painful though not by much that the blown call atleast only included his actions

Some perfect games get lost by a pitching blunder, others by a misfielded ball, and this one was lost by an umpire's missed call. I will never forget watching it live, or the humility and integrity that followed by all those involved. This will go down as the 28 out perfect game with an asterisks, etched in the history books of baseball lore

It was a bang-bang play. They cut away from the game I was watching to show the last two innings. The first batter in the 9th DRILLED a pitch to deep LCF that was caught on the run. Then a groundout. Then the Tribe's manager (Eric Wedge) did an amazing thing: he did NOT send a LH batter up to the plate in a 3-0 game that was still very much in reach. He let RH-hitting platoon-player Donald take his turn for the 3rd time. Who promptly hit a roller to Cabrera which he didn't throw immediately as Galarraga neared the bag; I was SCREAMING at the screen THROW THE BALL and the rest is history.

First off, this isn't the worst blown call ever. Denkinger's is more infamous. Second, Joyce actually got the call correct, albeit perhaps, for the wrong reason. Galarraga didn't not control the ball in time before the runner attained 1b. He actually even had a very late regrab of the ball. Galarraga didn't possess the ball until that final regrab. By rule, the runner was safe. Would an umpire have called that had he thought the ball arrived in time with a No-no on the line?!? Perhaps, not. But, the Baseball Gods spoke. Galarraga didn't make the play and it wasn't a perfect game. You actually have a great angle in your video that shows exactly what I'm explaining to all the people that completely missed this fact.

@milolee1725

Ай бұрын

"Joyce,got the call correct"?!....thee is in a minority of.....one!

This situation sucks because you want to be pissed off at Jim Joyce for messing up so bad but then you listen to his apology and then you feel bad. No one took it harder than him and he owned up to it

This is an absolutely AWESOME video. It puts things into a totally different perspective. Yes, everyone knows the Jim Joyce messed up the call. But the message of this is that far more good came from the fact that he blew the call than would have come otherwise. THis is what we call the "resurrection principle" . Good things come from even the worst of situations.

I watched this entire game live on a laptop with my Dad. As Tigers fans we were devastated. I then had to go play little league and I couldn't get my mind into the game. Now looking back, it's truly a one of a kind MLB game, in my mind even more than a "true" perfect game. We refer to it as the "28 Out Perfect Game".

We all have moments when we screw up. Its how we deal with the our mistakes that matters. Joyce and Galarraga both handled this issue perfectly.

Great video! And I agree, this game is way more memorable because of what happened, and even offers a great lesson in sportmanship

But if this call wasn’t blown, we would have already forgotten Armando’s name

Armando "Imperfecto" Galarraga is a legend because he took it like a man, stood there, and smiled. The ump took it like a man, admitted he blew it, and showed contrition with his tears. You feel for these guys, which is what makes it a great story, and because it's a great story, it adds to the unending list of reasons why baseball is itself, THE perfect game. Just another asterisk in the record books that our post-human descendants will still be talking about in the year 3024.

If baseball had instant replay back then... That would have been a weird way to get a perfect game. It would have happened after the ump had heard from the replay booth...

Shocking to see both Laz Diaz and Joe West on that 2011 poll of the best umps in the league.

@chuckinhouston9952

9 ай бұрын

Joe West was a horribly arrogant narcissist. He thought he WAS the show.

I wish the crew chief would have gotten the umps together and talked about it.. and be like you sure he was safe?? They could have overturned the call and made it right

How would history been different if the second baseman called Cabrera off that grounder and Cabrera retreated to first as normal. It might be too loud in an MLB ballpark, but infielders can call for a grounder just like they for a popup. Especially in the hole on the right side. Maybe Cabrera was too far off to get back to first anyway, but you want the first baseman to take the throw at first whenever possible.

Galarraga has a different kind of baseball immortality that no other perfect game pitcher, before or since, will ever have. And anytime anyone talks about the blown call, they usually always end up talking about how gracious Galarraga was afterwards, which makes it a good kind of baseball immortality. Not a bad way to be remembered, I think.

wonderful retrospective

The outcome wasn't a perfect game, but you can argue the way it is still talked about and remembered, that the outcome of it all was indeed perfect.