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For the longest time, we've been saying that umpires, sans instant replay, have the potential to ruin something really important. And tonight, Jim Joyce changed history.
It's time to move forward. It's time to make things better.
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Absolutely awful.
The only guys in the world not allowed to look at the replay are the guys who need it most.
I wonder if Jim Joyce changed his mind about replay tonight.
Teej - June 2, 2010
I still can't believe it. I have no vesting interest other than history, and I feel like I got robbed.
kentroyals5 - June 2, 2010
Safe!
Wilder. - June 2, 2010
We need these.
dkulich - June 2, 2010
Metal overlords!
Fuckmikereilly - June 2, 2010
Frakkin Toasters
dkulich - June 2, 2010
Get fucked Jim Joyce.
Brian Floyd - June 2, 2010
Can't they appeal the call?
I mean, I know they never listen, but couldn’t they actually listen this once?
Eyebrows - June 2, 2010
No matter what they do to the box score, there is no going back to how the moment will be remembered.
Wilder. - June 2, 2010
Thinking the same thing… sadly so true.
Rohan - June 2, 2010
Eh. He gets the perfecto in the books, everyone wants robots.
WIN WIN!
Eyebrows - June 2, 2010
They could protest it, yeah. Not that it would do any good.
Coach Owens - June 2, 2010
You cannot protest a judgement call. You can only protest rules.
Tyler - June 2, 2010
According to Jon Heyman
Joyce is one of the best umps in the MLB. This is horrible. I used to believe that there was a need for a human element. Not after this.
SeaKoala - June 2, 2010
Completely and utterly unacceptable.
Okay anti-replay crowd, you have no more ammo. It finally happened. The human element of the game that you hold so dear blew a perfect game and cost a player his shot at history.
BrianL - June 2, 2010
God dammit, we suck
Matthew - June 2, 2010
I think it's cute.
Eyebrows - June 2, 2010
More posts is better for SEO.
CapSea - June 2, 2010
You two are so darn cute.
Brian Floyd - June 2, 2010
I had a picture!
Jeff Sullivan - June 2, 2010
WE COULD HAVE HAD THREE PERFECT GAMES THIS YEAR
Eyebrows - June 2, 2010
I for one welcome our new robot overlords.
James F'n X - June 2, 2010
He lives in the NW too
Apparently lives in Oregon but not from Oregon.
skywaker9 - June 2, 2010
I'm actually sick to my stomach right now
I cannot believe that happened. If that had happened to a Mariner pitcher I might have gone postal.
Stormton - June 2, 2010
I'm impressed the DET fans didn't throw crap at Joyce
He’d better hire an armed guard for, I don’t know, forever.
skywaker9 - June 2, 2010
To many Detroit players surrounding him as he was walking off.
Scruffy Lefty - June 2, 2010
Seriously, I'm completely disgusted.
I have no interest in watching baseball right now, knowing something like this can happen.
Absolutely unbelievable.
BigR - June 2, 2010
This was always possible!
Where you have been? What sport have you been watching?
Matthew - June 2, 2010
Seeing it actually happen is completely different than knowing it possibly could happen.
I watched a perfect game today and an MLB employee took that away from me for no acceptable reason.
This angers me.
BigR - June 2, 2010
This is like deciding to never drive a car again after years of doing it because somebody crashed into you one time
tootthekazoo - June 2, 2010
People often don't want to drive their cars for a little while after getting into an accident
He never said he wouldn’t ever watch baseball again
Corco - June 2, 2010
I guess in that context then it's reasonable
tootthekazoo - June 2, 2010
But I still agree with Matthew
tootthekazoo - June 2, 2010
Or it'd be like not wanting to drive in a car right after a friend of yours died in a car accident.
Which is reasonable
BigR - June 2, 2010
No it isn't.
It’s emotional.
Matthew - June 2, 2010
Okay, but understandably emotional.
BigR - June 2, 2010
How do you think the Angels players got to the stadium last April?
seattlebruin - June 3, 2010
on wings of angels
pdb - June 3, 2010
My thinking's really that flawed?
I didn’t realize I was going out on a limb or anything by bringing this up.
BigR - June 3, 2010
I think he was probably safe actually.
Fuckmikereilly - June 2, 2010
Cause your Mike Reilly?
Scruffy Lefty - June 2, 2010
Even Mike Reilly would have gotten that call right.
Fuckmikereilly - June 2, 2010
Isn't that the exact call he got wrong?
Graham MacAree - June 2, 2010
Well, I think I see what Joyce saw
It looks like the ball is coming out a bit of his glove when he catches it.
Also, when he made the call, it looked like he was going to call him out but changed his mind at the last second.
barabuski - June 2, 2010
It's not like he scooped the ball off the ground
There was no bobbling, the ball obviously didn’t drop out of the glove. Unbelievable.
jwolf0 - June 2, 2010
Griffey's retirement has been pushed back 3 weeks because of the clusterfuck controversy created tonight.
Wilder. - June 2, 2010
I hate you :(
Jeff Nye - June 2, 2010
Ugh.
That was absolutely horrifying to watch.
ewakio - June 2, 2010
This is literally the only thing that could have upstaged Griffey's retirement
short of somebody’s death, I guess.
Jeff Sullivan - June 2, 2010
That could follow!
kentroyals5 - June 2, 2010
I don't think Junior minds at all, honestly
He’s never seemed like the type that wanted a whole bunch of attention
Griffin Cooper - June 2, 2010
Agree
Jeff Sullivan - June 2, 2010
Disagree!
Jeff Nye - June 2, 2010
We need one more person named Jeff to be the tiebreaker
Griffin Cooper - June 2, 2010
Alrighty.
Hmmm. Agree.
joof - June 2, 2010
Thanks man
Griffin Cooper - June 2, 2010
Your name is joof, not Jeff
Still tied!
Jeff Nye - June 2, 2010
Somebody important's death
If Joe Mather would have died that wouldn’t have taken precedence, but if Pujols would have that may have
Corco - June 2, 2010
Nahh
Rohan - June 2, 2010
Please use the subject line.
It makes it easier for people to hide and/or administer your comments.
thehemogoblin - June 2, 2010
Yup, my bad
For whatever reason, thought I was on/Jeff had posted this on the SBN homepage.
Rohan - June 2, 2010
Surprise!
Jeff Sullivan - June 2, 2010
Or, if Pujols retired.
At least Griffey’s was expected.
thehemogoblin - June 2, 2010
Awe, I likke Joey Bombs
vivaelpujols - June 2, 2010
Time for Cliff Lee to throw a perfect game!
Matthew - June 2, 2010
Meh
Jeff Sullivan - June 2, 2010
Time for Ian Snell to throw a perfect game!
Matthew - June 2, 2010
Hell yes!
Jeff Sullivan - June 2, 2010
Wouldn't that just be hilarious/sad?
SeaKoala - June 2, 2010
How could that possibly be sad?
Matthew - June 2, 2010
Because Snell sucks.
SeaKoala - June 2, 2010
I don't follow
Matthew - June 2, 2010
Sad for the other team, I guess
evanr - June 2, 2010
Never mind
SeaKoala - June 2, 2010
So does Dallas Braden and Armando Galarraga
The perfect game fairy comes to a decision on whom to bless that we can’t understand.
craig3410 - June 2, 2010
Yep, and Roy Halladay is also pretty awful
evanr - June 2, 2010
Has Jim Joyce made it back to his hotel yet?
tootthekazoo - June 2, 2010
Can you imagine how bad he feels? It's probably hard to fathom.
barabuski - June 2, 2010
I was listening to the Detroit audio feed on my iPhone At Bat app
The announcer thought that he was out and went nuts with his call, and then went even more nuts when he realized that he was called safe. It was actually pretty entertaining
tootthekazoo - June 2, 2010
Maybe Jim Joyce had alterior motives.
Perhaps he blew the call in order to make a point, and begin the transition to robots.
dkulich - June 2, 2010
That wouldn't make much sense
Unless…
Fuckmikereilly - June 2, 2010
I'm just trying to be the first conspiracy theorist.
I’ve never gotten to play that role in my life
dkulich - June 2, 2010
Duh, there's another Jim Joyce, and neither one knows they're a Cylon.
Rachmaninoff - June 2, 2010
Maybe he just got "switched on" in that moment...
And he is one of the Final Five.
dkulich - June 2, 2010
Nah, he was a sleeper like Boomer.
joof - June 2, 2010
Oh my god.
Goose - June 2, 2010
This is the worst thing ever
chaney - June 2, 2010
I tried to imagine how pissed I'd be if that was Felix.
I would have killed some one. No doubt.
dkulich - June 2, 2010
George Brett got his Home Run back!!
The Royals eventually won the “Pine Tar” game. All be it nearly a month later, none the less there is a precedent for this just not from Selig. So while he’ll never have that true “Holy fuck I just threw a Perfect Game” celebration it should at least be added that he is now the only pitcher in MLB history to have thrown a 28 out Perfect Game.
DHforHOF - June 2, 2010
This is why baseball is the best sport on the planet...
not because it is great some umpire missed a call and cost some dude a perfect game (can you name all the people who have thrown perfect games? probably not), but because, like life, baseball has a habit of hitting you in the nuts some times. It is unfair, unjust and can be downright cruel. For this, I applaud you, baseball.
RustyJohn - June 2, 2010
The worst part is that he will probably never come that close again.
Did he run over Joyce’s dog that week?
Nobody Anonymous - June 2, 2010
Someone used this picture as a reference on Jim Joyce's wiki.
Brian Floyd - June 2, 2010
It's not my picture
Jeff Sullivan - June 2, 2010
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