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<\/a>I\u2019m betting that Armando Galarraga has a saintly Catholic mother and that somewhere, last night about 10 p.m., she was smiling quietly to herself. Because we all saw the replays from the ninth inning of last night\u2019s Tigers-Indians game. And because we all saw what Galarraga did after the play and after the game. As a nation of outraged baseball fans saw on the ESPN replays, the Tigers\u2019 young pitcher made the third out, and umpire Jim Joyce blew the call. Joyce admitted it after the game. \u201cI just cost that kid a perfect game,\u201d he told reporters. Galarraga had retired the first 26 Indians in a row and was on the verge of only the 21st perfect game in Major League history. Instead, he had a \u201cone-hit\u201d shutout. And what did Galarraga do?<\/a>
While his teammates howled at Joyce from the dugout, then swarmed him after the game, Galarraga smiled\u2014after a momentary reaction of dumbfounded, childlike amazement. He walked away from an argument with Joyce, returned to the mound, and retired the next batter. Then, according to The New York Times:<\/a><\/p>\n
Galarraga told reporters that Joyce apologized to him after the game, adding that he had no instinct to argue the call. \u201cHe probably felt more bad than me,\u201d Galarraga said. Smiling, he added, \u201cNobody\u2019s perfect.\u201d\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
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