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One out away from perfection, umpire Jim Joyce called Cleveland Indians batter Jason Donald safe at first base when replays clearly showed that Galarraga, covering the bag for the first basemen, beat the runner. The disputed hit ended Galarraga's bid for a perfect game.
The stunned Galarraga smiled and shook his head, while even Donald threw his hands up in apparent disbelief. Following the game, a noticeably distraught Joyce admitted that he missed the call, "It was the biggest call of my career, and I kicked the [expletive] out of it," he said. "I just cost that kid a perfect game."
For his part, Galarraga said that he hugged Joyce and told him, "Nobody's perfect." Meanwhile, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm issued a Twitter proclamation that Galarraga had indeed pitched a perfect game.
The incident has led to a renewed call for instant replay in baseball.
YouTube has already removed a couple of clips of the near perfect game, but while they last, here are a few:
The blown call:
The entire final inning:
MLB.com has a non-embeddable version of the video here.
Governor Granholm's tweet:
