Selig Won't Reverse Call

Originally Posted by icehog3

Tigers awarded Gallaraga a new Corvette before the game....Gallaraga is such a good guy, and he was floored by the gesture.

He also was sent to being the line-up to the umpire at home plate...who happened to be Joyce today. Joyce apologized again, his eyes full of tears.

I am glad Gallaraga is taking it well, and not letting it ruin his life that way Milt Pappas did almost 4 decades ago...he still freaks out about it in every interview he does to this day.

The backstory should be the "Real Story" in how one identifies what is more important. Joyce made a bad call but not because of intent but rather because he's a human and made an error after it was shown to him he made a mistake. His feelings afterward show a man who still has character even though he made a mistake...he admitted it and was sorrowful and repentant to Gallarga who knew immediately from the way Joyce expressed himself in words and action. Nobody or anything is infallible...baseball is like a "life teacher" in that you do things to the best of your ability and be true to yourself without benefit of "do overs" and time outs or "red flags"...imagine real life imitating this. We're supposed to learn from our mistakes and if you start putting up "red flags/time outs" you lose the real essence of the game and real life.