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MLB umpire Jim Joyce killed by mob of angry fans in Detroit

My point exactly. Everything leading up to that moment was great. That catch was unbelievable and even the play at the end by the first baseman was a great play only to have all that thrown away from a blown call.
 
kwb said:
He was not in a bad position. He was in a great position to make that call. That's exactly where the guy is suppose to be to make a call like that. He even started to call him out in the beginning then hurry and changed his mind.
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You're right. I just reviewed the first base umps position for plays to second.
 
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I disagree with firing him. The only ones calling for him to be fired are fans(or fringe fans who probably haven't watched a game this year.). I could be wrong but I haven't heard any Tigers or any other players calling for this guy's head. If you fired every ump who missed a call you'd have nobody left pretty soon. The game moves fast, mistakes are a given.

From what I can see he just had one batter after the missed call? Why not just reverse the call give him the perfect game he deserved and give the ump a warning for making a terrible call. Seems like a win win to me.
 
There have been 105 World Series in the modern history of baseball. Each series required four victories to win except for 4 years which required five. That means in the history of baseball there have been 424 World Series game victories. Previous to this season there were 18 perfect games ever pitched in the modern era. That means there were over 23 times as many World Series game victories as perfect games up to the beginning of this season. If there was ever a reason for an overturned call by the baseball commissioner it this one. If Bud Selig doesn't overturn this call and make it right he should go down as the worst commissioner in the history of the game.
 
No way should he be fired. Do you do your job perfect? Probably not. The guy sincerely feels bad and owned it. If anything, MLB will implement replay from it.
 
He's been a good umpire for years. This is one horrible missed call, but it shouldn't cost him his job.
 
I'm not a tiger fan at all. I just love the game of baseball. It's not the fact that he missed the call. It's the fact that he second guessed himself in a situation of that magnitude that upsets me. He was about to call the guy out and then changed his mind. With something that close, you throw the hammer regardless. The baserunner is not going to bitch about that, trust me.

I feel that if you are in a position like that, there's no room for errors or mistakes. I did overreact about the guy being fired. I don't care if he owned up to it or not. Sure that's easy. The only reason he had to do that was because there was proof he blew the call. Who's going to go out and stand firm with the call they made when there's video evidence that they were wrong? Even if the commissioner turns the call around, it's not the same. He won't have that feeling in front of the crowd and his teammates lifting him up. It's almost a bigger slap in the face to do that to the guy.
 
"I feel that if you are in a position like that, there's no room for errors or mistakes."

So why not just have instant replay? The game that has no clock is worried about it slowing down the game?
 
kwb said:
Even if the commissioner turns the call around, it's not the same. He won't have that feeling in front of the crowd and his teammates lifting him up. It's almost a bigger slap in the face to do that to the guy.
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I agree it won't be the same thing for the pitcher. He will probably never get to experience getting the last out of a perfect game and the celebration that comes after it. But if I were in that situation, I'd still want my name to be on the list for perfect games, celebration or not.
 
They should implement instant replays for baseball. Just not for balls and strikes. That would slow the game down more than it already is but close calls like that would be perfect. Give them so many a game to challenge.
 
They should overturn the call and give the guy his perfect game... There is no reason that Instant Replay should not be utilized in sports considering current technology.
 
I agree with most people here and they should overturn the call...mainly because it was the last out and its 100% ok to do that...if this wasn't the final out then I wouldn't change it.

Something that close you should give the benefit of doubt for something amazing like a perfect game.
 
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