Rich Davie
06-03-2010, 08:07 PM
Nathan Hurst and Karen Bouffard / The Detroit News
Michigan politicians are lining up with support behind Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga (http://www.detnews.com/article/20100603/METRO/6030471/1361/Lawmakers-urge-MLB-to-overturn-bad-call-for-Galarraga#), who lost out on the designation of pitching the 22nd perfect game in the history of Major League Baseball Thursday night after an admittedly wrong call by umpire Jim Joyce.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm said via Twitter that no matter what the ump said, she was declaring he pitched a perfect game. Granholm followed up on her promise this morning, issuing a proclamation from the Detroit Regional Chamber's Mackinac Policy Conference.
"I, Jennifer M. Granholm, governor of the state of Michigan, do hereby declare Armando Galarraga to have pitched a perfect game, and I join Tigers fans all across the globe in saluting his unassailable accomplishment -- the first perfect game in Tigers history," the final stanza of the proclamation declares.
Also on board: Rep. John Dingell, D-Dearborn, who commented on his Twitter.com account this morning he's drafting a resolution for consideration by the House of Representativeshttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/mag-glass_10x10.gif (http://www.detnews.com/article/20100603/METRO/6030471/1361/Lawmakers-urge-MLB-to-overturn-bad-call-for-Galarraga#) that would recognize Galarraga's accomplishment.
In a release, Dingell said he hoped the resolution would help make a case for Major League Baseball (http://www.detnews.com/article/20100603/METRO/6030471/1361/Lawmakers-urge-MLB-to-overturn-bad-call-for-Galarraga#) to reverse the admittedly wrong call by Joyce.
"Jim Joyce (http://www.detnews.com/article/20100603/METRO/6030471/1361/Lawmakers-urge-MLB-to-overturn-bad-call-for-Galarraga#) missed the call, but because he admitted it, we have a leg to stand on in our case to Major League Baseball," Dingell said. "Baseball's executives have corrected a mistake on the field in a regular season game -- before the pine tar game. This is the right thing to do and if getting this resolution passed makes it easier, I'm glad to help."
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Lansing, also weighed in this morning, saying she wants MLB Commissioner Bud Selig to invoke the "best interest of the game" rule.
"Last night's performance deserves its place in the record books," Stabenow said in a statement. "It is clear that Commissioner Selig should make an exception in this case and invoke the 'best interests of the game clause' to reflect Armando Galarraga's perfect game for the Detroit Tigers (http://www.detnews.com/article/20100603/METRO/6030471/1361/Lawmakers-urge-MLB-to-overturn-bad-call-for-Galarraga#)."
nhurst@detnews.com (202) 662-8738
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Michigan politicians are lining up with support behind Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga (http://www.detnews.com/article/20100603/METRO/6030471/1361/Lawmakers-urge-MLB-to-overturn-bad-call-for-Galarraga#), who lost out on the designation of pitching the 22nd perfect game in the history of Major League Baseball Thursday night after an admittedly wrong call by umpire Jim Joyce.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm said via Twitter that no matter what the ump said, she was declaring he pitched a perfect game. Granholm followed up on her promise this morning, issuing a proclamation from the Detroit Regional Chamber's Mackinac Policy Conference.
"I, Jennifer M. Granholm, governor of the state of Michigan, do hereby declare Armando Galarraga to have pitched a perfect game, and I join Tigers fans all across the globe in saluting his unassailable accomplishment -- the first perfect game in Tigers history," the final stanza of the proclamation declares.
Also on board: Rep. John Dingell, D-Dearborn, who commented on his Twitter.com account this morning he's drafting a resolution for consideration by the House of Representativeshttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/mag-glass_10x10.gif (http://www.detnews.com/article/20100603/METRO/6030471/1361/Lawmakers-urge-MLB-to-overturn-bad-call-for-Galarraga#) that would recognize Galarraga's accomplishment.
In a release, Dingell said he hoped the resolution would help make a case for Major League Baseball (http://www.detnews.com/article/20100603/METRO/6030471/1361/Lawmakers-urge-MLB-to-overturn-bad-call-for-Galarraga#) to reverse the admittedly wrong call by Joyce.
"Jim Joyce (http://www.detnews.com/article/20100603/METRO/6030471/1361/Lawmakers-urge-MLB-to-overturn-bad-call-for-Galarraga#) missed the call, but because he admitted it, we have a leg to stand on in our case to Major League Baseball," Dingell said. "Baseball's executives have corrected a mistake on the field in a regular season game -- before the pine tar game. This is the right thing to do and if getting this resolution passed makes it easier, I'm glad to help."
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Lansing, also weighed in this morning, saying she wants MLB Commissioner Bud Selig to invoke the "best interest of the game" rule.
"Last night's performance deserves its place in the record books," Stabenow said in a statement. "It is clear that Commissioner Selig should make an exception in this case and invoke the 'best interests of the game clause' to reflect Armando Galarraga's perfect game for the Detroit Tigers (http://www.detnews.com/article/20100603/METRO/6030471/1361/Lawmakers-urge-MLB-to-overturn-bad-call-for-Galarraga#)."
nhurst@detnews.com (202) 662-8738
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdkRZ5EwsFI
Click Here for Source. (http://www.detnews.com/article/20100603/METRO/6030471/1361/Lawmakers-urge-MLB-to-overturn-bad-call-for-Galarraga#ixzz0ponWJf2B)