It’s a good thing that it wasn’t “Phil Hughes” who lost a perfect game.
Some guy you hadn’t really heard of on a who-cares franchise loses a perfect game and the local sports station is more intereted in K-Rod and weekend plans.
The national guys are in an uproar because it’s a great topic that will kill a day until the Lakers and Celtics give them something to bore us with.
If “Andy Pettitte” loses a perfecto this would be World War 3. It is good that it wasn’t…..
…because baseball is fine.
On every play there is a human making a subjective decision. Was it a strike? I’m not sure. I was leaning a little to the left. I owe you a call from that last one. You are Jeter and you took the pitch so it’s a ball, but not for you rookie it’s a strike. Hey Tom Glavine I know we have called that pitch a strike for 15 years but not today.
The guy made a bad call and he picked a bad time to do it. Then he manned up and admitted he blew it. It’s annoying, move on.
I don’t want replay in baseball. Do you ever watch a football game and think that it’s great that the ref is reviewing a play?
Baseball is slow enough without reviews.
Would there be a 5th ump who rings a bell?
What happens if SNY’s camera misses a play?
Do the managers get two coaches challenges? Can Jerry ask for a play to be reviewed to buy time for a pitcher to warm up?
As for Selig’s magic reset button scenario: say the commish decides to declare the game was over. What was that 28th batter I saw? Did that not happen? When else can Bud use his magic powers?
This was an annoying one time statistical anomaly in a sport that has played millions of innings. There’s no need to overreact. Someone blew a call on Tuesday and someone will blow a call tonight. Just like always.