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Jim Joyce

Bookshelf Review: Nobody’s Perfect

June 26, 2011

Two Men, One Call, and a Game for Baseball History by Armando Galarraga and Jim Joyce, with Daniel Paisner. Atlantic Monthly Press, 2011 One of the highlights of the 2010 Major League season was something that didn’t happen. Armando Galarraga, a pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, did not get his perfect game — a no-hit, […]

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Bits and pieces

June 9, 2011

The semi-regular roundup of things I neglected to post previously. From DriveLineBaseball, this review of The Physics of Pitching: Learn the Mechanics, Science, and Psychology of Pitching to Success. Upshot: It “falls well short of [Robert K.} Adair’s classic text [The Physics of Baseball]. Sure, it looks a lot cooler (the photography is top notch), […]

Tagged as: Armando Galarraga, Frank Deford, Jim Joyce, Jim Leyritz, Joe DiMaggio, John McGraw, The Old Ball Game: How John McGraw Christy Mathewson and the New York Giants Created Modern Baseball

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Turning a blind eye?

February 13, 2011

The literary collaboration between former Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga and umpire Jim Joyce — who famously blew the call that cost a perfect game — is interesting on several points. I believe this is the first such venture between an active player and umpire, which leads to all sorts of ethical questions such as, […]

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