On Jun 5, 2010, at 11:38 AM, Ted Roche wrote:

> So, on the umpire's call that robbed the perfect game, isn't it a case

> of the immovable object and the irresistible force?

I disagree that you can say that the call on the final out robbed the pitcher of a perfect game. Were there any other calls that may have been wrong? Maybe a 1-1 pitch in the 3rd inning that was called a strike when it should have been a ball? As a batter, you approach a 1-2 pitch much differently than you would a 2-1 pitch, and may have forced him to swing at a questionable pitch.

Or were there any other close plays that went in favor of the pitcher? If so, those also need to be reviewed. All 27 outs make a perfect game, not just the last. In fact, it is the assumption that priors calls are settled fact that allows one to even think that that 9th inning call made the difference.

-- Ed Leafe

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