As you know by now, on Wednesday evening umpire Jim Joyce blew a call with 2 outs in the ninth inning that cost Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga a perfect game. Since the game, Joyce has admitted blowing the call. However, baseball commissioner Bud Selig has reviewed the incident and has decided not to overturn the call. Is his decision right or wrong? You can voice your opinion in the poll below (see item 12). While I agree that this was a clear error on the umpire's part which unfortunately cost Galarraga the perfecto, to maintain the integrity of the game and the ability of umpires to control the game, Seig's decision is correct.
1. Perfect robbery: Blown call steals Galarraga's perfect game. (The Detroit News)
2. Bud Selig won't change disputed Galarraga call. (Detroit Free Press)
3. Armando Galarraga: The road to his perfect game blown call. (Christian Science Monitor)
4. Armando Galarraga: Not perfect, but divine . (Psychology Today)
5. The Lesson of Jim Joyce. (Sports Illustrated)
6. Bud Selig fails to use power of his office to reverse call, award perfect game to Armando Galarraga. (New York Daily News)
7. Yo, Bud Selig, blown call is a perfect call to action. (Detroit Free Press)
8. Senator takes on bad call on Galarraga perfect game. (The Washington Post)
9. Following Jim Joyce's perfect game call, Bud Selig's stance on instant replay not popular, but right. (New York Daily News)
10. Red Sox on blown call: It happens. (ESPN Boston)
11. Fix the really bad calls. (Portland Press Herald)
12. POLL: Should Selig have overturned the blown call, give Galarraga perfect game? (MSNBC)
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