My grandpa was a lifelong Tigers fan. He died a few hours before the Galarraga game started. I'll always remember that day. We had it on in the background at my aunt's house...no one really paying attention. As it wore on, some of us started exchanging looks. And then we all got so emotional as the 9th played out. As a Tigers fan, I kinda think it worked out for the best. It's immortalized in Cooperstown, everyone knows it was "really" a perfect game, it's more famous than many perfect games, and the Tigers were universally lauded for their sportsmanship and class in the moment and aftermath. Happy Father's Day (week), Grandpa! Miss you.
That was the one time I felt the commissioner should have set the precedent and changed the outcome. Would’ve been the perfect situation and he could’ve outlined that “this is a perfect example of when I should use that power. There is zero cost and all benefit. Don’t go beyond this, my successors,” and be done with it
@@orangefox1231 MLB not deciding to call it a perfect game is a clear statement that the umps are above the players (even though they're not), or that the umps are just so important. The league is basically telling you "ha, our umps have this much power over the game, fans, and players". Umps = league. When the umps favor one team over the other especially in the playoffs, the league has told them/paid them off to do so.
Glarragas should be overturned and officially recognized as the 24th perfect game by the mlb commissioner. There’s no excuse to have a rightfully earned spot in history taken away because of a blown call.
You can't go back and change history just because you didn't like its outcome. Review wasn't part of the game back then, and umpire errors on base calls were. Besides, it's more famous than any other perfect game (other than Larsen's) because of how it all went down 😅
@@jamesqualls8125 I believe replays were only allowed to judge HR's back then (fan interference, above the wall deflections, etc), and it wasn't until 2014 that they were expanded to cover plays like this.
i can't name every perfect game in MLB history. hell, i probably can't even name half of them. but i will always remember galarraga's. everyone knows he had it.
I’m not sure if y’all are watching the same clip. It looks to me that he started a swing thinking the ball might break. Once he realized it wasn’t going to and he needed to attempt the get out of the way it was too late and all he could do was kinda turn his back. Unfortunate for sure, but I don’t believe intentional
Yeah but it’s literally, never going to happen Replay challenges weren’t part of the rules of the game at that time It is what it is, life isn’t fair and it never will be The only ‘good’ thing is the idiot arrogant umpire suffered years of harassment and abuse over his inexcusable call
@@jrdibs6424 That’s not what I said at all, I don’t think he INTENTIONALLY blew the call What I mean is, I don’t think you can legitimately call someone safe on a so called ‘bang bang’ play at first base, for the final out of a perfect game, unless you’re SURE he’s safe The reason I call him arrogant, is that he somehow saw the runner as safe (which, mistakes happen but……. This was bad, he was clearly out it wasn’t ‘that’ close) But he also decided, quite arrogantly, that the runner was DEFINITELY safe (if he was unsure and was guessing he should’ve called the runner out) There’s simply no way I can watch this play, and I’ve seen it probably over a hundred times lol There’s no way I can watch this play and conclude, the umpire genuinely thought the runner was DEFINITELY safe, with total confidence I think he not only missed the call (obviously) but also displayed an unbelievably arrogant error of judgement (and again, what I mean by that is, if you’re genuinely not sure if the throw beat him, you have to call the runner out) How the umpire could so confidently blow this, is astounding, and egregious to the maximum degree
The hit by pitch is rule is consistently ignore by everyone, game in and game out. It's written in the book, but it hasn't actually been a rule in a long time because it's never called. Calling it on that occasion different than every other game would have been a terrible thing to do.
@@puckerings I can recall Rizzo relatively recently getting called for it, but I guess there’s only a few times where it’s actually been enforced. Still, if it’s a rule, it should have been called.
@@robbarbieri8676 poor judgment calls are bogus and pretty much the only reason they exist anymore is so the ump can influence the game. A good umpire is never noticed. I support a robo strikezone tailored to each batter, with an actual ump making the calls based on the computer. I prefer a fair game over this “it’s part of the game” bs. Life is unfair, that doesn’t mean everything else should be forced that way. Just my venting 2 cents
To this day I cannot watch the Galaragga clip anymore, it's too heartbreaking. I wish the umps had just come together for like 20 seconds to just ask someone if they saw it clearer. You wouldn't want to do that for every out, but this was a special moment, get it right.
One I specifically remember is chris young of the padres sometime during the 06-08? Was pitching to the pirates 9th at home then gives up a home run to Joe Randa with 2 strikes I think
Scherzer's still makes me mad to this day, I remember watching this with my dad, what was this 9 years ago? And we both lost it, he made no effort to get out of the way and he leaned into it. Classless play on Tabatta's end
Fact is that rule never gets called. So if the umpire called it on that occasion, it would have been contrary to how the game is called every other game. It would be nice if certain rules were not routinely ignored, but if they are ignored, then they are effectively no longer rules. An umpire calling a play a certain way ONLY because there's a no-hitter on the line would be a very bad precedent to set.
Make a better pitch If you’re relying on the umpire making a VERY rare call (especially in the past, the call seems to be more commonly enforced recently) then you’re asking for trouble The pitch hit him, and the batter did at least pretend to flinch at the pitch, so you’re basically never going to get the call there that the batter didn’t attempt to get out of the way Did he make a ‘true’ effort? Of course not, but he pretended to and that’s more than enough 🤷🏼♂️
@@puckerings Yes, it does get called. I've seen Anthony Rizzo get plunked and not been awarded 1st base, because the ump didn't think he made the effort to get out of the way. It is more commonly called now than it ever was before, especially with some of the "body armor" batters wear. As for prior to this occurrence, the most famous was probably back in 1968, I believe. Don Drysdale had a scoreless inning streak going when he loaded the bases with two outs against the Giants. He hit the next batter (Dick Dietz, I think) but the ump said he didn't try to avoid the pitch. Drysdale then retired the batter and went on to set the record for longest scoreless inning streak. He held until another Dodger, Orel Herschiser, went 2/3 of an inning past him 20 years later.
Dave Stieb also lost no-hitters with two outs and two strikes in the ninth in back-to-back starts in 1988 (and he lost another no-hit bid opening the ninth inning in 1985).
What would the commissioner have lost in terms of respect or even revenue from overturning the last out from Galarraga’s perfect game? Would he have lost anything at all? If so please let me know, he should be blamed just as much as the Umpire, due to his level of power.
That game where Galarraga got robbed of a Perfect game is why sports leagues need to do a better job when reviewing plays and also put in cameras that can make them see the plays closer and better too look at it again and again until they know if the call is right or wrong it happened to many times in sports the refs and umps don't own the sports either.
cpz1019.... I've always thought the same thing, from the moment I watched it live. Why did Cabrera go after what was essentially a routine ground ball to the second baseman. I've always thought if the Tigers had somebody the equivalent of a Keith Hernandez or a Don Mattingly playing first, they would have understood where their 2nf baseman was, gone to cover the bag, taken the throw (assuming the ball wasn't booted), voila: perfect game.
The fact that a “ called safe “ was even ON THE TABLE for the closest of plays is perplexing. If you’re going to error on that play ( and it wasn’t even all that close ) error on the side of keeping MLB interesting and in the news for good reasons . SHAME on Jim Joyce
My grandpa was a lifelong Tigers fan. He died a few hours before the Galarraga game started. I'll always remember that day. We had it on in the background at my aunt's house...no one really paying attention. As it wore on, some of us started exchanging looks. And then we all got so emotional as the 9th played out.
As a Tigers fan, I kinda think it worked out for the best. It's immortalized in Cooperstown, everyone knows it was "really" a perfect game, it's more famous than many perfect games, and the Tigers were universally lauded for their sportsmanship and class in the moment and aftermath.
Happy Father's Day (week), Grandpa! Miss you.
Damn man. You got me moved to tears
Galarraga had a perfect game.
Yes he did
Had
That was the one time I felt the commissioner should have set the precedent and changed the outcome. Would’ve been the perfect situation and he could’ve outlined that “this is a perfect example of when I should use that power. There is zero cost and all benefit. Don’t go beyond this, my successors,” and be done with it
Damn ump
@@orangefox1231 MLB not deciding to call it a perfect game is a clear statement that the umps are above the players (even though they're not), or that the umps are just so important. The league is basically telling you "ha, our umps have this much power over the game, fans, and players". Umps = league. When the umps favor one team over the other especially in the playoffs, the league has told them/paid them off to do so.
Glarragas should be overturned and officially recognized as the 24th perfect game by the mlb commissioner. There’s no excuse to have a rightfully earned spot in history taken away because of a blown call.
You can't go back and change history just because you didn't like its outcome. Review wasn't part of the game back then, and umpire errors on base calls were. Besides, it's more famous than any other perfect game (other than Larsen's) because of how it all went down 😅
Exactly right and where ate the video replays? Should have rechecked
@@jamesqualls8125 I believe replays were only allowed to judge HR's back then (fan interference, above the wall deflections, etc), and it wasn't until 2014 that they were expanded to cover plays like this.
@@jamesqualls8125Now we have instant replay due to Joyce's bonehead call.
I can live to be 100 years old and that Galarraga ending will never be easy to watch.
i can't name every perfect game in MLB history. hell, i probably can't even name half of them. but i will always remember galarraga's. everyone knows he had it.
Personally I’ve always thought tabata leaned into that pitch. Unfortunate way to lose it
if you slow it down to .25 speed you see that he had to bring his elbow down a good 6 inches to hit the ball with his elbow.
It is quite obvious he did no need to slow down, sad that's how he lost it
I’m not sure if y’all are watching the same clip. It looks to me that he started a swing thinking the ball might break. Once he realized it wasn’t going to and he needed to attempt the get out of the way it was too late and all he could do was kinda turn his back. Unfortunate for sure, but I don’t believe intentional
Galarraga should get credit for a perfect game.
Commissioner of baseball should rule that the umpire made an error
Yeah but it’s literally, never going to happen
Replay challenges weren’t part of the rules of the game at that time
It is what it is, life isn’t fair and it never will be
The only ‘good’ thing is the idiot arrogant umpire suffered years of harassment and abuse over his inexcusable call
@@ifbfmto9338 He apologized immediately and even cried over the missed call. He’s far from arrogant.
@@jrdibs6424 I mean…….. he had no business calling him safe in the first place, the call itself was pure arrogance
@@ifbfmto9338 He called him safe because he genuinely thought he was safe. To think that he intentionally blew somebody’s perfect game is wild.
@@jrdibs6424 That’s not what I said at all, I don’t think he INTENTIONALLY blew the call
What I mean is, I don’t think you can legitimately call someone safe on a so called ‘bang bang’ play at first base, for the final out of a perfect game, unless you’re SURE he’s safe
The reason I call him arrogant, is that he somehow saw the runner as safe (which, mistakes happen but……. This was bad, he was clearly out it wasn’t ‘that’ close)
But he also decided, quite arrogantly, that the runner was DEFINITELY safe (if he was unsure and was guessing he should’ve called the runner out)
There’s simply no way I can watch this play, and I’ve seen it probably over a hundred times lol
There’s no way I can watch this play and conclude, the umpire genuinely thought the runner was DEFINITELY safe, with total confidence
I think he not only missed the call (obviously) but also displayed an unbelievably arrogant error of judgement (and again, what I mean by that is, if you’re genuinely not sure if the throw beat him, you have to call the runner out)
How the umpire could so confidently blow this, is astounding, and egregious to the maximum degree
Galarraga es el único lanzador en la historia del béisbol que logró un juego perfecto sacando 28 outs.
I would like to see another angle on that milt papas call
Galarraga and Scherzer games were perfect.
Replay should fix the former and intentionally getting hit is against the rules
The hit by pitch is rule is consistently ignore by everyone, game in and game out. It's written in the book, but it hasn't actually been a rule in a long time because it's never called. Calling it on that occasion different than every other game would have been a terrible thing to do.
@@puckerings I can recall Rizzo relatively recently getting called for it, but I guess there’s only a few times where it’s actually been enforced. Still, if it’s a rule, it should have been called.
@@bugsbunny9334 Judgement call, can't be overturned
@@robbarbieri8676 poor judgment calls are bogus and pretty much the only reason they exist anymore is so the ump can influence the game. A good umpire is never noticed. I support a robo strikezone tailored to each batter, with an actual ump making the calls based on the computer. I prefer a fair game over this “it’s part of the game” bs. Life is unfair, that doesn’t mean everything else should be forced that way. Just my venting 2 cents
To this day I cannot watch the Galaragga clip anymore, it's too heartbreaking. I wish the umps had just come together for like 20 seconds to just ask someone if they saw it clearer. You wouldn't want to do that for every out, but this was a special moment, get it right.
"That's just the worst way ever". Armando Gallaraga, Scherzer's former teammate, might disagree.
One I specifically remember is chris young of the padres sometime during the 06-08? Was pitching to the pirates 9th at home then gives up a home run to Joe Randa with 2 strikes I think
I remember the Wilcox game as it happened. The TV call by George Kell (which may be lost to time now): “And a base hit!…” (by Hairston)
This is the most cruel and sadistic video I have ever seen.
Scherzer's still makes me mad to this day, I remember watching this with my dad, what was this 9 years ago? And we both lost it, he made no effort to get out of the way and he leaned into it. Classless play on Tabatta's end
Fact is that rule never gets called. So if the umpire called it on that occasion, it would have been contrary to how the game is called every other game. It would be nice if certain rules were not routinely ignored, but if they are ignored, then they are effectively no longer rules. An umpire calling a play a certain way ONLY because there's a no-hitter on the line would be a very bad precedent to set.
@@puckerings It's a rule, and it should be enforced.
Make a better pitch
If you’re relying on the umpire making a VERY rare call (especially in the past, the call seems to be more commonly enforced recently) then you’re asking for trouble
The pitch hit him, and the batter did at least pretend to flinch at the pitch, so you’re basically never going to get the call there that the batter didn’t attempt to get out of the way
Did he make a ‘true’ effort? Of course not, but he pretended to and that’s more than enough 🤷🏼♂️
@@puckerings Yes, it does get called. I've seen Anthony Rizzo get plunked and not been awarded 1st base, because the ump didn't think he made the effort to get out of the way. It is more commonly called now than it ever was before, especially with some of the "body armor" batters wear. As for prior to this occurrence, the most famous was probably back in 1968, I believe. Don Drysdale had a scoreless inning streak going when he loaded the bases with two outs against the Giants. He hit the next batter (Dick Dietz, I think) but the ump said he didn't try to avoid the pitch. Drysdale then retired the batter and went on to set the record for longest scoreless inning streak. He held until another Dodger, Orel Herschiser, went 2/3 of an inning past him 20 years later.
@@ifbfmto9338 The hitter literally dropped his elbow onto the ball. That pitch was fine
Tapita is a coward for leaning into that
Dave Stieb also lost no-hitters with two outs and two strikes in the ninth in back-to-back starts in 1988 (and he lost another no-hit bid opening the ninth inning in 1985).
The second one that he lost in 1988 was so BS, you'll know what I mean if you've seen it.
All these hitters breaking the unwritten rules of baseball should be ashamed.
jk, You gotta earn it to be perfect.
Galarraga didn't lose the perfect game, he had it stolen.
Nice collection. The only one I watched was the Galarraga game.
What would the commissioner have lost in terms of respect or even revenue from overturning the last out from Galarraga’s perfect game? Would he have lost anything at all? If so please let me know, he should be blamed just as much as the Umpire, due to his level of power.
It definitely looked like the batter swung at ball 4 in the Pappas one.
That game where Galarraga got robbed of a Perfect game is why sports leagues need to do a better job when reviewing plays and also put in cameras that can make them see the plays closer and better too look at it again and again until they know if the call is right or wrong it happened to many times in sports the refs and umps don't own the sports either.
Never understood why Cabrera went to get that ball with that second baseman right behind him
cpz1019.... I've always thought the same thing, from the moment I watched it live. Why did Cabrera go after what was essentially a routine ground ball to the second baseman. I've always thought if the Tigers had somebody the equivalent of a Keith Hernandez or a Don Mattingly playing first, they would have understood where their 2nf baseman was, gone to cover the bag, taken the throw (assuming the ball wasn't booted), voila: perfect game.
Good video man, honeslty makes me sad for the pitchers though
Hope the Nationals drilled Tabata with a fastball his first time up next game
A perfect game broken up with two outs in the ninth is much rarer in baseball than an actual perfect game.
Lier galarraga had a perfect game
Today 14 years ago…
I was wondering if you would include the Pappas no-hitter here.
The fact that a “ called safe “ was even ON THE TABLE for the closest of plays is perplexing. If you’re going to error on that play ( and it wasn’t even all that close ) error on the side of keeping MLB interesting and in the news for good reasons . SHAME on Jim Joyce
That redneck ump cost gallaraga a perfect game