That "perfect" game
While I’m on the topic of baseball, let me get back to that “perfect” game, the controversy over which is not going away. I’ve flip-flopped on whether Armando Galarraga should be given a perfect game retroactively. As much as we all know he was robbed, I’ve landed on the unpopular side of not having the box score rewritten. Initially, I thought that he certainly should be credited with one, as doing so would have a negligible impact on stats: subtract 1 from his hits allowed; subtract 1 hit from that 27th batter who was credited with it; and obliterate the at bat for the 28th batter who made the final out. The win-loss column, pitching records, and all other stats neatly remain the same. Had the umpires decided to huddle to get the call right and overturn the on-field decision, I would have been fine with that. But, the game played out and Galarraga got robbed. All he gets is an asterisk. It’s sad, but it happens. I just don’t think you can go back and make things right for one pitcher...