The Not-So-Perfect Game
Today, a majority of the world’s baseball fans hates Jim Joyce. Last night, Jim made a bad call at first base stealing aways Armando Galarraga’s guaranteed perfect game. The instant replays clearly shows that the bad call was a really bad call. I imagine that Jim is not going to be getting a lot of free cups of coffee any time soon.
But I am impressed with Joyce. After the game, and after realizing that he was clearly in the wrong, Joyce sought out Galarraga and apologized. How many times have you ever heard of an umpire apologizing to a player for a bad call? He owned his mistake. He didn’t cower or become defensive but maned up, sought out the person he wrong, and was willing to deal with the consequences of his mistake. “You don’t see an umpire after the game come out and say, `Hey, let me tell you I’m sorry,’” Galarraga said. “He felt really bad.” To be that bold takes courage beyond measure.
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