Armando Galarraga = Ray Finkle.

The Commish says he won't reverse the umpire.

Not to send this to the dungeon, but, from NBC sports

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said: “I hope that baseball awards a perfect game to that pitcher.” Told that MLB was not going to reverse it, he said, “We’re going to work on an executive order.”

I was wrong about what phillies have pictched perfect games. Only Jim Bunning (1964 i think?) and Roy Halliday (2010) have pitched them.

This is the first season since 1880 that there have been more than one in a season, and if not for the blown call, it would have been THREE!

That's never happened before.

While I don't follow MLB very much these days, I do love the game. I'm totally against replay entering into the game. The competition is between the chalk, nowhere else. As for the call, what is more important, the team winning the game, or an individual milestone? As bad calls go, this isn't even in the top 5.

More evidence that as a society we've moved more towards "me me me" instead of the team. There is a deeper issue here in the response to this call, and it has nothing to do with replay/technology. Part of baseball is dealing with mistakes. They happen. And how we respond is the key.

I really don't like Baseball at all. Find it boring. I do like the tradition though. Pissed they replaced Yankee Stadium, to me it's a National landmark.

I think you are wrong on the me, me, individual focus of the achievement.

At some point during a game the possibility of a perfect game becomes apparent. The whole team feels it. They are all working to make every play. While the recognition for the achievement goes to the pitcher it becomes a team objective to make it happen. They want to get it done for a team mate.

The way that Gallaraga responded and handled the whole situation is a lesson in good sportsmanship.Classy, and a lesson to all athletes.Yesterday at home plate was an amazing scene,from the players to the fans. We can all learn a lesson,fan or not.

I agree 100%.

MLB upheld the ump's call, which of course is the correct decision. And the response to it, by the players, the umps and (most of) the fans has been incredible. It has shown that there is still a lot right in our society.

(Of course, as usual, Robert Gibbs/the White House would want the opposite result, they would want the governing body to interfere with what happened between the chalk lines and reverse the call - in the name of social justice - to give the pitcher the perfect game. Evidence of where our govt has moved towards).

I feel to say that this has anything to do with society is a HUGE leap. And if it says anything it's that people want to see justice and wrongs righted. I don't see how this has anything to do with "me me me".

I don't know about you but I think people/organizations should fix their mistakes.

And yes, how we respond to a mistake is key. If I get too much change back I tell the clerk and give them the extra back. If I back into an empty car I leave a note. If I accidentally bump my golf ball and nobody sees I call a penalty on myself. If new DNA evidence can set an innocent man free I'd want to it happen. If the painter uses the wrong color in my living room I hope he'd repaint it. In baseball an ump makes a mistake (or player takes steroids) they just call it part of the game, don't change a thing (unless congress gets involved) and keep making those same mistakes. As if perpetuating correctable mistakes is somehow noble and worthy of praise.

To me it is easy. Baseball has the ability (like NHL, NBA, NFL, Tennis...) to limit the officials mistakes. Baseball seems to think having the wrong team win the World Series (KC vs. St. Louis) due to correctable human error is fine. To me this is just another in a list (no salary cap, steroids...) of Baseball mistakes. Thank goodness the rest of society doesn't funtion like baseball and we instead try to limit our mistakes and correct them when they do happen.