Is it still the Mid-Summer Classic?

July 13, 2010 by Eddie Gilley · Leave a Comment

Baseball is the Great American Pastime. It is a game we grew up with and many of us love, especially those who are on this site. As I write this, it is the All-Star break and the game is tonight. Yet I canâ€™t help but feel that the game I love has lost something with […]

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The Game That Changed Baseball History

June 3, 2010 by Gabriel Schechter · Leave a Comment

I don’t have to tell you what happened last night. Armando Galarraga pitched a perfect game–according to the rules of baseball–but umpire Jim Joyce’s failure to apply Rule 6.05(j) [a batter is out if “after he hits a fair ball, he or first base is tagged before he touches first base”] on the 27th out […]

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