Topic: Jim Joyce (Umpire)
DETROIT (Reuters) - Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga, who missed a perfect game last season because of an umpire's blown call, has agreed to a one-year contract, thus avoiding arbitration, the team said Tuesday.The Tigers did not release financial terms but ...
In a sports year filled with exotic side dishes, Lindsey Vonn was a top banana and big cheeseMaybe Lindsey Vonn will have something else on the menu for the 2014 Winter Games.In 2010, however, her choice was strictly dairy. In the ...
Armando Galarraga of the Detroit Tigers stands on the mound, one out away from a perfect game. Galarraga does he what he is supposed to and covers the bag at first. Cabrera throws the ball and Galarraga catches it, just before Donald ...
The sports world was shocked when Detroit Tiger's pitcher Armando Galarraga was robbed of a perfect game. To everyone's shock, umpire Jim Joyce called Donald safe, and the perfect game was lost. Both Joyce and Galarraga displayed good sportsmanship as ...
Detroit Tiger pitcher Armando Galarraga was pitching the game of his life. With two outs in the ninth inning, Galarraga faced Jason Donald of the Cleveland Indians . If Galarraga could retire Donald, he would record only the 21st perfect game in Major ...
The perfect game in Major League Baseball has been in the 2010 news for the right reasons, and the wrong reasons. Despite a fabulous pitching performance on June 2nd by Armando Galarraga of the Detroit Tigers, umpire Jim Joyce blew a call ...
When looking at that game, Jim Joyce made himself famous for that night despite not wanting to. It?s pretty clear he was out but Joyce made the mistake. Galarraga, to his credit, didn?t blow a gasket after the mistake was ...
The other two are in 2010, when Dallas Braden and Roy Halladay pitched them in the same month (May). There have been many spoiled perfect games, but the most famous has to be Armando Galarraga?s, almost, perfect game. On June 2 ...
No matter what camera angle from Comerica Park was used on that June afternoon, it was clear that the baserunner was out. Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga had the throw from first baseman Miguel Cabrera in hand and he had beaten Jason ...
When Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga was robbed of a perfect game earlier this year due to a blown call by umpire Jim Joyce, it bothered me that a highly thought of ump could miss a call seemingly so obvious. Only Jim ...