Pat Caputo: Armando Galarraga, Baseball Deserve Better From Bud Selig
Jim Joyce, the umpire who made the "you've got to be %^&*# kidding me" call of the last 100 years, stood at home plate and wiped a tear from his eye.
He then gave Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga a friendly tap to the shoulder as he walked away.
The message at Comerica Park Thursday was "no hard feelings."
Then Joyce, who was understandably showered with boos by the crowd, took his place behind home plate and umpired without incident during the Tigers' 12-6 victory over the Cleveland Indians.
It was as if Galarraga, the Tigers, Joyce and baseball moved on quickly from Wednesday night's blown call for the ages that denied Galarraga from becoming just the 21st pitcher in major league history to throw a perfect game.