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Almost Perfect
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The beauty of statistics and sports is that, as fans, we can quantify perfection. No instance holds truer than that of the perfect game, 9 innings without allowing a walk or hit. Throughout the lengthy annals of Major League Baseball, there have only been 20 to date. By comparison, there have only been 19 Presidents of the United States since the same date in 1901. Thus you can see why it is so tragic a blown call by apologetic umpire Jim Joyce, cost Detroit Tigers’ pitcher Armando Galarraga a chance at history. Galarraga made quick work of the Cleveland Indians through 8 and 2/3 innings until a soft struck grounder off the bat of Jason Donald culminated in a bang-bang play at first. Slow motion replay clearly shows the ball settling into Galarraga’s glove a half-step before Donald reaches 1st base. The subsequent batter grounded out to conclude what should have been an unusual 28 out start. Read the rest of this entry »