One quick note about the "imperfect game"- As the umpire called the runner safe, disbelief spread throughout the stadium, and soon the entire baseball world. The announcers even began to call the runner out; forgetting for a brief minute that they were not in control of the game. At that time the first base umpire was in control, a man by the name of Jim Joyce. He thought he got the call right, but even he admitted he was wrong when he saw the replay. He admitted he was wrong. The pitcher Armando Galarraga knew instantly he was wronged, he too was in disbelief, but rather than berate the umpire for his obvious mistake, he also admitted something, he admitted that we are human and therefore, are not perfect. We can all learn a lesson from this unfortunate incident, baseball could have suffered a black-eye, but the two men at the center of it all did not give in to the bloggers, the media, the fan outrage; they both took the high ground and because of that taught us all a lesson. It's more than just a game. Games are won games are lost, home runs are hit, batters strike out. A brief write-up in the paper the next day, and the game is history. As long as these two upstanding men are part of our 'summer past time'; this writer knows there is hope for us yet, not just in base-ball, but in life... where winning isn't everything.
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