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An umpire\u2019s tears and admission he blew a call failed to move baseball commissioner Bud Selig to award Armando Galarraga the perfect game he pitched. The play and its aftermath quickly became the talk of the sports world and beyond, even to the White House.<\/p>\n

Selig said Thursday that Major League Baseball will look at expanded replay and umpiring, but didn't specifically address umpire Jim Joyce\u2019s botched call Wednesday night that cost Galarraga the perfect game \u2014 27 batters up, 27 batters down. No hits, no walks, no errors.<\/p>\n

A baseball official familiar with the decision confirmed to The Associated Press that the call was not being reversed. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because that element was not included in Selig\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n

Joyce said he erred on what would\u2019ve been the final out in Detroit, when he called Cleveland\u2019s Jason Donald safe at first base. The umpire personally apologized to Galarraga and hugged him after the Tigers\u2019 3-0 win, then took the field at Comerica Park on Thursday in tears.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

via FOXNews.com \u2013 Selig won\u2019t reverse ump\u2019s mistake on perfect game<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Click \u201ccomments\u201d to see a photo of the play and to consider a question.<\/p>\n

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Baseball gave George Brett his homerun back after it was disqualifed due to pine tar on his bat, which was a genuine though technical rule violation.\u00a0 Shouldn\u2019t this call be reversed?<\/p><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"