Add your voice! "I watched the replay from the center-field camera, which some people thought showed Galarraga might've bobbled the ball, and I didn't see it that way at all. I don’t look at it any different — I did everything I thought I could do right on that play, but it just came out wrong — because with everything that’s shaken out, I’m OK with it.”“I think it’s a gradual thing that’s even still in place today,” Joyce said. “Jim Joyce was an excellent umpire, very well respected,” said Jim Leyland, the Tigers manager that Wednesday night. He wore uniform number 6 while in the AL and number 66 for MLB. That Joyce, an umpire’s-umpire — accurate and honest, loving the arguments but never seeking them out — would be defined by that call.Two years after his life changed, Joyce was readying to umpire home plate in San Francisco.One time zone away, in Phoenix, Jane Powers was trying to talk herself into attending 7:30 a.m. mass. He seemed to do his job for the 27th out along with first baseman Cabrera on a play teams work on often in spring training.Donald hit a grounder in the hole between first and second, Cabrera fielded it and threw to first, where Galarraga caught the ball at least a step ahead of Donald, replays showed.Cabrera said he didn't want to talk about it and Donald answered questions from reporters after a long soak in the tub. "I just cost that kid a perfect game. I'm going to get a ball signed by him. He has seen more seizures then he cares to admit, either people driving or walking down the street, riding a bike, “It just seems like I’m always there.”Jane Powers was not having a seizure. His loud and enthusiastic strike call drew comparisons to that of retired umpire Bruce Froemming.

©2020 Verizon Media. First base umpire Jim Joyce called Indians' Jason Donald safe at first base and Galarraga lost his bid for a perfect game with two outs in the ninth inning on the disputed call. "I know I played in a perfect game," Detroit shortstop Ramon Santiago said. Part of HuffPost News. They would get lunch every time he umpired in Phoenix before his retirement in 2016. He didn't even shower. "Galarraga, who was barely known outside of Detroit a day ago, and Joyce, whose career had flourished in relative anonymity, quickly became trending topics on Twitter. Her name is Danielle Moore. She thinks about how Joyce saved her life every day.“Talk about proud moments in your life,” Joyce said.On the last day of his life, Joyce will still be thinking about that damn call.He still thinks about it every day, especially around this time of the year, when his cell phone blows up with reporters asking questions about the worst call he’s ever made. He’s the umpire that saved your life.”Joyce and his wife, Kay, stopped to see Powers the next day.“As soon as he walked in, I could hear him talking and his voice, I could recognize his voice,” Powers said.
His father, James Joyce, who worked in the U.S. Army Air Corps, had died a year earlier, and Joyce went see his headstone for the first time.He went to a 7-Eleven, bought two beers, went to the cemetery, put a beer on his dad’s headstone and popped open his own. "AP Sports Writer Larry Lage in Detroit contributed to this report. End of story.

He appreciated the outpouring of support from umpires, family and friends but lamented strangers lashing out at his wife and children. "In my mind, on June 2, Armando Galarraga threw a no-hitter. My wife is a rock. He was highly respected, in the upper-echelon or one of the best, depending on which former manager you speak with.

"I wish they would direct it all to me. They don't deserve this. ET June 2, 2020 | Updated 5:07 p.m. As of now, they can be used only for questionable home runs.Galarraga bitterly sipped a beer minutes after the blown call negated his place in baseball history. It was terrible timing and made for a cruel ending — Joyce’s bad call with two outs in the top of the ninth inning ruined the 21st perfect game in baseball history, which should have been thrown by Tigers’ right-hander Armando Galarraga.People are still talking about this call, 10 years later. "Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski said the team will not ask MLB to overturn the call. But, five times later, he comes and gets me and he lays his hands on me and he said, ‘The Lord is going to bless you and your life is about to change in 90 days.’”Seven weeks after his life changed, Joyce arrived at Chase Field for a game.He was walking down a ramp to the concourse, Aug. 20, 2012, when he noticed a woman had just collapsed.Joyce is one of those guys who is always there when the car accident happens. Commissioner Bud Selig has the power to reverse umpire Jim Joyce's missed call that came with two outs in the ninth inning Wednesday night in Detroit. "“But you have to also remember that my world was a sports world and what I did in that world was earth-shattering," he continued. Selig would likely consult with his top advisers before making such a ruling. “What’s really wrong with me?”Her brother came in and asked her, “Janie, do you remember the umpire that cost a pitcher a perfect game? Managers and players alike called him, “Jimmy.”The day his life changed, Joyce made a bad call at first base.He doesn’t really know what happened on that play, June 2, 2010, but Joyce called the baserunner safe when he was really out.
"It was the biggest call of my career, and I kicked the (stuff) out of it," Joyce said, looking and sounding distraught as he paced in the umpires' locker room. "But given the circumstances, I thought for sure I'd be called out. He has been respected enough to be on the field for two World Series, 11 other playoff series and a pair of All-Star games.A split-second decision he made will probably haunt him for the rest of his career.Joyce emphatically signaled safe when Cleveland's Jason Donald clearly didn't beat a throw to first base for what would've been the last out, setting off a chorus of groans and boos that echoed in Comerica Park.Chuck Klonke, the official scorer Wednesday night with nearly three decades of experience, said he would not change the disputed play to an error from a hit to give Galarraga a no-hitter.

James Alfred Joyce III is an American former professional baseball umpire who worked in the American League from 1987 to 1999 and throughout Major League Baseball from 2000 to 2016.