The Blown Call – Baseball’s “Black Eye”, or Shining Moment?
June 4th, 2010 | Written by Bob Scanlan
Despicable, embarrassing, awful, disgraceful, are just some of the adjectives I‘ve heard in the past 48 hours describing Jim Joyce’s missed call at first, which cost Detroit Tiger starting pitcher Armando Galarraga a perfect game. Many have labeled this just another “Black Eye” for baseball, but I see it as one of it’s shining moments.