The game would be abuzz with a remarkable and unprecedented three perfect games in one season, with Galarraga following in the footsteps of Dallas Braden's May 9th performance and Roy Halladay's May 30th gem.
Three perfect games in one month.
It doesn't, so the game -- and Galarraga -- are forced to settle for what will surely go down as the most famous one-hitter in history.
He's been criticized in many corners for doing so, but commissioner Bud Selig was right not to overturn the blown call by umpire Jim Joyce. Such a move would open a pandora's box and slippery slope of precedent. It's true that the mistake is a travesty of justice and a black eye on the integrity of the game. A reversal, however, without any proper context to do so, would be more of the same.
What Selig needs to do, however, is everything in his power to ensure that the unfortunate negative is turned into a positive for the game of baseball. And nothing short of the appropriate application of video review to prevent another mistake of this kind will do.
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