I keep score religiously, and feel the score sheet is almost sacred, so I wouldn’t advocate doing so on a whim, but it just seems like the best possible decision at this point. What do you think?
EDIT: Galarraga was bobbling the ball a bit as he hit the bag. It’s a bit of a stretch, but no more so than calling it a hit.
I get your point and it’s interesting. I score for a college level summer league though and that has to be a hit. It was way past the normal difficulty threshold that would trigger a hit over an error. Nice thought, but no…
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And what was the error? There wasn’t a bad throw, failed catch, or missed base.
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You feel the score sheet is sacred, yet you would give someone an error when there clearly wasn’t one?
Please don’t score any meaningful games.
It was a bad call by the umpire, happens all the time.
If Jason Donald ends his career with 1,999 hits, are you then going to change it back to a single to give him 2,000?
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No, because that would be wrong and a lie. Tiger fans forgive Joyce and praise Galarraga. Only one man can fix it, and his name is Bud Selig. If this not in the record books as a perfect game, I will blame Selig, not Joyce. After seeing him cry at home plate today shaking Galarraga’s hand, I forgive him.
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Actually, I heard that they are going to do exactly that.
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No, because the play was clearly not an error. The throw would have to have been off the mark, or the ball to be dropped for it to be an error.
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Error? What error? The runner beat the throw (even though he really didn’t but as far as teh books go, he did). Where in the world do you get an error out of that?
You people need to let it go. Umps makes mistakes. This was a big one, but it can’t be changed.
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It wasn’t a bobble but a snowcone catch but it wouldn’t be an error. But jim joyce was crying at the start of todays game.
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disagree Call it an error on the umpire EU
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Bud Selig has said he stands behind the call and won’t overturn it.
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no. Since the pitcher had to cover the play, it might be given the same consideration as when an outfielder runs for a fly ball, even though the fielder gets there, and if he bobbles the ball, or the ball drops off his glove, there is usually not an error given, cause the fielder had to run a fair distance to get to the ball.
In last nights game the pitcher had to catch the ball on the fly as he approached the base, and if you look at the replay, the ball, is a snow-cone catch, and the ball is not completely in the glove and is bobbled in the glove while the runner has already touched first.
I would say that if the ball can be seen by the umpire and the ball is still moving, like a snow-cone catch, then the player has not yet got control of the throw, so the runner is safe.
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I get your point and it’s interesting. I score for a college level summer league though and that has to be a hit. It was way past the normal difficulty threshold that would trigger a hit over an error. Nice thought, but no…
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