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Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga covers first base as Cleveland Indians Jason Donald hits the bag and first base umpire Jim Joyce looks on in the ninth inning of a baseball game in Detroit on Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Thursday, Jun. 03, 2010

Open quoteI just cost that kid a perfect game.Close quote

  • JIM JOYCE,
  • umpire, admitting he blew the call that denied Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga a perfect game on Wednesday; it would've been the third perfect game in the past 24 days and the first in Tigers history
Photo: Paul Sancya / AP | Source: AP