As badly as I feel for the pitcher, and as much as I'd like to have seen him get his perfect game, baseball doesn't need to get in the situation of changing judgement calls. If you do it once, where doesn it stop? There usually are several close judgement calls in about every baseball game. If you do it on judgement calls, are you going to start doing it on balls and strike calls? No way. Errors are made on umpire calls and errors are made by the players. People aren't perfect.

Reading what commissioner Bud Selig said in his statement in today's paper, just goes to show you that they don't need a commissioner, and especially one that was a former team owner(Milwaukee Brewers). If the game is to be a democracy, then don't have a commissioner, just have a committee of owners, and players decide things. Segig is a puppet for the owners. A commissioner should be the ultimate word, and should not have to consult the owners, the players union, or anyone else before making a decision. Obviously he'd want to be fully informed on any given situation, but then the decision should be his, based on the facts, and what is best for the game.

I have no problem with video replay of certain things being reviewed, such as whether a ball was fair or foul when it left the field. Other than that, I don't want video replays reviewed for any judgement calls.

(06-04-2010 09:19 AM)LRTrojan Wrote:  I have no problem with video replay of certain things being reviewed, such as whether a ball was fair or foul when it left the field. Other than that, I don't want video replays reviewed for any judgement calls.

I'm with you, except I don't see the difference between reviewing a foul/fair home run and a play at first. Seems like they're both judgement calls.

I say Repeal the Home-Run-Review Rule.

(06-04-2010 09:28 AM)Scotto Wrote:  

(06-04-2010 09:19 AM)LRTrojan Wrote:  I have no problem with video replay of certain things being reviewed, such as whether a ball was fair or foul when it left the field. Other than that, I don't want video replays reviewed for any judgement calls.

I'm with you, except I don't see the difference between reviewing a foul/fair home run and a play at first. Seems like they're both judgement calls.

I say Repeal the Home-Run-Review Rule.

My thoughts on that are, that the call at first is a call with the umpire right on top of the play. The fair or foul call is much harder make because of the umpires distance from the play, especially when ithe ball hooks foul after leaving the playing field fair. Just my opinion, and it's usually not worth much.

(06-04-2010 09:19 AM)LRTrojan Wrote:  As badly as I feel for the pitcher, and as much as I'd like to have seen him get his perfect game, baseball doesn't need to get in the situation of changing judgement calls.

I agree completely. Grousing about calls is a large part of the fun of the game.

This episode was made much worse than it should have been because it was a horrible call. A close bang-bang type play is one thing but that was a terrible call, not close at all. At my advanced age and needing new glasses, I believe I would have made the right call. I personally would like to see the call reversed and the pitcher given credit for a perfect game.

(06-04-2010 01:54 PM)DollarBill Wrote:  This episode was made much worse than it should have been because it was a horrible call. A close bang-bang type play is one thing but that was a terrible call, not close at all. At my advanced age and needing new glasses, I believe I would have made the right call. I personally would like to see the call reversed and the pitcher given credit for a perfect game.

If this were a thing(missed call)that happened one time, I'd agree for Gallaraga's sake. He deserved his day in history, but, there are blown calls hundreds of time every year, and you just can't change the calls because it happened to be caught on video. I personally don't like the rule to challenge calls in football games. Takes too much time for the call to be reviewed, and even sometimes they don't get it right by doing that.

If they ever do change the rules in baseball, how many chanllenges will each team get in a game? In football, don't they charge a team with a timeout if the call doesn't change the play? I'm sure they'd come up with something in baseball that would be fair, but I hope they don't ever go to video review.

I don't even like the designated hitter rule in the American League, or the rule that allows the league that wins the All-Star game to have the advantage of being the home team in the first game of the World Series.

I don't have a problem with them using video in basketball to make adjustments to the clock. But, never on judgement calls.

(06-04-2010 04:20 PM)LRTrojan Wrote:  

(06-04-2010 01:54 PM)DollarBill Wrote:  This episode was made much worse than it should have been because it was a horrible call. A close bang-bang type play is one thing but that was a terrible call, not close at all. At my advanced age and needing new glasses, I believe I would have made the right call. I personally would like to see the call reversed and the pitcher given credit for a perfect game.

If this were a thing(missed call)that happened one time, I'd agree for Gallaraga's sake. He deserved his day in history, but, there are blown calls hundreds of time every year, and you just can't change the calls because it happened to be caught on video. I personally don't like the rule to challenge calls in football games. Takes too much time for the call to be reviewed, and even sometimes they don't get it right by doing that.

If they ever do change the rules in baseball, how many chanllenges will each team get in a game? In football, don't they charge a team with a timeout if the call doesn't change the play? I'm sure they'd come up with something in baseball that would be fair, but I hope they don't ever go to video review.

I don't even like the designated hitter rule in the American League, or the rule that allows the league that wins the All-Star game to have the advantage of being the home team in the first game of the World Series.

I don't have a problem with them using video in basketball to make adjustments to the clock. But, never on judgement calls.

I didn't think there was anyway the commissioner could reverse the call after the fact. I feel terrible for the kid, but he has handled it with absolute class and I'll remember him a lot longer than the other two pitchers who pitched a perfect game this year. The reality is it wasn't a "perfect" game. The umpire made a mistake. The umpire is a big part of any game. Umpires aren't perfect just like players aren't perfect (the vast majority of the time anyway).

If it had been the first batter rather than the 27th batter reaction would have been much different.