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They already did. He played his first game vs. the Phillies on Tuesday. He looks really awesome. Great defense - played RF better than our scrub Ben Francisco did. He has speed and he can hit. Don't know about his power and I hope not to find out any time soon

In my disappointment last night I forgot to offer my congrats to the Blackhawks and their fans. Congrats Chicago.

My God the NHL refs suck. Oh well - 2011 the year Lord Stanley's cup comes back to Philly.

Hilarious. Found it on you tube.... (If you can't watch the whole thing start at about 2:45 and again at 5:47) ----------------------- Check @ 4:37 Galaraga should have used Bugs' ploy on Joyce last week.

Not to make light of SS1's candle biz but check this out Fart candle?? No thanks.

14 K's and no BB's??? Wow. Color me impressed.

Am I alone in thinking that the Nats are rushing him to the big leagues too soon?

Nation Undecided On Whether It Hates Celtics Or Lakers More

Wow. Brad Lidge got the save tonight and looked like the Brad Lidge of 2008. Color me impressed.

Wahoo!! Now it's a best of 3!!

RIP, the Wizard of Westwood.

John Wooden in grave conditional at UCLA hospital.

I disagree. No one will forget his imperfect perfect game. One of the radio hosts in NY said that years from now he and Joyce will clean up on the autograph circuit, appearing in shows together. Brad, I think that was the point the tweeter was trying to make.

Someone just tweeted this to me... "It's a shame no one will remember Armando Galarraga's name in 50 years like we will Dallas whatshisface from Oakland."

Here's something to ponder - What if the situation was reversed? What if Donald had been safe by a 1/2 step and had been called out by Joyce thereby giving Galarraga a perfect game. How would people feel then?

Jason Donald: "I was out."

Selig won't reverse blown call Yet another golden opportunity to get things right and Selig punts it away. Alas.

Great post, Ghosty.

I could not disagree more. Bad calls are a part of the game. It happens in games that should be "Perfect" and it happens in a game that should have ended a World Series and it happens in games that are instantly forgotten. The human aspect of umpiring is a part of the game and that cannot change. Not to mention the fact that the league is trying to keep games from going so long, and you want to expand the video review to bang-bang plays at a base? I think that when a manager comes out of the dugout to argue a call and goes on a rampage that wastes more time then having a instant replay rule ever would. Having an expanded instant replay rule would cut down on a lot outbursts. I think you can have instant replay w/ out adding significant time to the game. Look at the NFL. 2 challenges a game and the officials have a short time frame(I think 2 minutes??)to take a look at the call. Those challenges don't add any significant time to the game. I'd rather they get the call right and have the game end 10 minutes later than for them to blow the call and have it end 10 minutes earlier. And yes bad calls are part of the game but if the technology exists that would enable those bad calls to be reduced, why not use it? I could not disagree more. Bad calls are a part of the game. No doubt the bad call is a pisser, but hell, if you're going to audit the bad calls then do you turn around and audit the questionable ball/strike calls in the pitcher's favor? Perfect games have become downright commonplace so the pitcher may be better off folk-hero-wise getting screwed than having it counted in the books. Sort of a Harvey Haddix, without the extra innings. Baseball games are long enough as it is, throw in replays and we're talking 5 1/2 hour Yankee-Red Sox games. I would draw the line at balls/strikes.

Game 2 - best TV ratings in Finals history... http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playoffs/2010/news/story?id=5239983

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!! :party: :party: Claude Giroux!!!

Nah, Flyers are putting up a much better fight than the Sharks did. Unfortunately the Hawks are just too good this year. Flyers lost this series 3 years ago when they finished with the worst regular season record and got 2nd pick in the draft. Blackhawks finished 5th, picked first, and drafted...... Kane. Ugh.

I just watched the replay on GameDay...outrageous! Galarraga was robbed. And that after former Yankee prospect Austin Jackson made a tremendous catch at the start of the inning to preserve the perfect game. Wow--that would've been what, the third perfect game in less than a month? Here's Austin Jackson's catch that kept it alive at the top of the 9th. Joyce is douche. Last year when the Phillies were playing the Red Sox in Philly, Joyce was the first base ump when Greg Dobbs hit a ball that appeared - on the replays that I saw - to go right over the top of the right field foul pole. Joyce, who was about 5 feet inside the line, called it foul. Chollie came out and protested and asked for a video review. Joyce refused to review it. Damn, that guy was OUT. Even Stevie Wonder can see that. That said, I don't think that the league office should be in the habit of overturning calls on the field. But I would just this one time. I agree this is the best argument yet for expanding replay use.

About time.

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