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

[Boondocksaint27]

https://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story...aga-make-up-after-blown-call-060310?GT1=39002

Galarraga, continuing in his show of class brought the lineup card out to the homeplate umpire, who just so happened to be Joyce

Some quick thoughts:

If Galarraga is doing the absolute best he can to move forward, he is the one with the biggest beef and the fans need to follow his que.

Joyce's family is receiving threats? That is ridiculous. Baseball is a game. Baseball has a tradition of allowing people to go to the park and escape the real world. There is no need for that kind of BS.

 

[prodigy]

Now I don't feel so bad for him.

 

[honz]

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.

It was actually a bad play. If he lets the 2nd baseman have that ground ball and simply covers first base then the runner is out by 3 steps instead of one and we aren't having this conversation.

Also, I come out of this with much respect for Jim Joyce despite that turrible call.

 

[kwb]

It wasn't a bad play. The 1st baseman yes should have let that ball go to the second baseman but I can see where he may have thought it would be a base hit. Even though he took that grounder, it was still a great play. Turned, planted and had to throw a perfect ball to a pitcher who is moving. That's a very hard play in baseball.

 

[gregbroncs]

Don Denkinger, Dick Bavetta, and Ed Hochuli all think that was the worst call ever.

At least Joyce owned up to it and addressed the media. Stern would have had him sheltered and would have fined anyone who criticized the call.

This is a great post. At least he manned up and admitted his mistake, he is human. Baseball could fix this by just calling it a bad call and giving him the perfect game. They change the stats quite often after the fact anyway, what's the difference?

 

[honz]

It wasn't a bad play. The 1st baseman yes should have let that ball go to the second baseman but I can see where he may have thought it would be a base hit. Even though he took that grounder, it was still a great play. Turned, planted and had to throw a perfect ball to a pitcher who is moving. That's a very hard play in baseball.

Yeah, but there was no need to make it a difficult play and it ended up costing the pitcher the perfect game. It was a bad play by the first baseman.

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

This is a great post. At least he manned up and admitted his mistake, he is human. Baseball could fix this by just calling it a bad call and giving him the perfect game. They change the stats quite often after the fact anyway, what's the difference?

As far as I know, they change hits to errors and vice-versa; this is different.

 

[gregbroncs]

As far as I know, they change hits to errors and vice-versa; this is different.

A little bit. But it was the last play of the game if called correctly and did not change the outcome. Change it to an out instead of a hit and nothing else changes.