The call should stand.
I was as upset as anyone when Armando Galarraga lost his perfect game on a bad call. Yes, Donald should have been out. Yes, Galarraga should have had a perfect game.
But the call should stand. The umpire’s authority on the field is absolute. We should not undermine it by overruling him – even if the umpire himself admits he was mistaken.
In addition to that, overruling the call would be the first step down a slippery slope. When is it okay to change a call? What if the Indians had put together some hits after Donald reached and managed to tie the game? Do we wipe that out? What about the bad call Joyce made in the bottom of the eighth, which led to the Tigers scoring? Do we change that, too? What if he had made a bad call in the first inning? Do we replay the entire game?
No matter what the situation, an umpire’s call should not be changed after the fact.
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