Worst Call Ever

James Joyce wrote Ulysses - a 1800 page book about 22 hours in a fine day in Dublin (Edited to show what an imbecile I am.)

Jim Joyce will get over 1,000,000 pages of press today about something that happened in less than five seconds.

Not to forget the great over the shoulder basket catch made two plays prior, the "final" play of last night's game was a grounder to the right side of the infield, handled by the first baseman, and covering the bag was Tigers Pitcher Armando Galarraga. He was one out away from a perfect game.

They executed the play, it was close, but the runner was clearly out. Game over, perfect game. Right?

Nope. The umpire blew the call. Jim Joyce will now be known as the guy who made the call that broke up the perfect game.

Now- there are already 80 bazillion people saying that this is the straw that will break the camel's back and will bring about instant replay. They should be castigated for this call.

That would create a slippery slope, right?

Well, yes. It would also create a log-jam as Managers clamour to the TV to make the call for instant replays on every close play. As if baseball isn't a slow enough game.

Currently, there are instant replays on the field for issues relating to home runs. Which is FINE because a home run will *end* a play. A play at second base with no outs will not. The ball remains live.

We trust the judgement of umpires to make the correct calls. This was an egregious error by a human being. It should not be turned into a carnival to justify expanding instant replay - as I have said before- you should NEVER use egregious errors to justify a change in policy.

Right Rahim?