There’s No Crying In Baseball Tigers Fans
Sure, umpire Jim “DONT CALL ME JAMES” Joyce blew this call which would have completed major league baseball’s 21st perfect game ever and third one this season. He called this a base hit. Ooops his bad. Tigers still won the game, Armando Galarraga doesnt get his perfect game, but in his mind he’ll always know he had it. He was robbed and he knew it but you know what, there’s no crying in baseball.
If MLB didn’t reverse Jeffery Maier’s catch over Tony Tarasco, giving the Yankees a home run and allowing them to beat the Orioles in that game, eventually becoming the momentum changing moment in the Yankees world series run…then you know what Tigers fans? You can suck it. You won the game anyway. Quit your bellyaching. We all know there’s no crying in baseball. You take your 1 hitter and a win and go home.
Speaking of tears, Jim Joyce was absolutely heartbroken after the game. He sounded completely distraught in his post game interview. So much so that you could almost hear the violins playing in the background, quietly, beneath his voice.
Image from Keith Olbermann’s blog…where he appears to be crying. THERE IS NO CRYING IN BASEBALL KEITH!
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WHEN not IF, this leads to replays in calls like such in crucial moments… as a sign of appreciation to Gallaraga, for having something so special being taken away from him… something that he has clearly earned… we should all call the replay “the Gallaraga replay.” I just hope I get credit for the idea WHEN this happens. LOL. Oh and I’m a Yankees fan, not a tigers fan.
Meh. Faiaz, sh*t happens. It’s a game. Instant replay placates the fans watching on TV at home, but takes away from the game, what happens on the field. The umps are a part of the game, Joyce blew it, he admitted and accepted that. Everyone handled it as best they could, I mean, much better than most would. Gallaraga, what class. Leyland, waited until the end of the game to lay into Joyce, then had the class to put the call where it belongs in Joyce’s 22 year MLB career.