It was a fine moment for baseball. The first impulse is that it would be a terrible precedent for Selig to set. But hes not changing the result of a game. He is righting a wrong. Not just for the pitcher. For the umpire, too. Selig can make things right for both of them.But if the game stands, if Galarragas performance goes into history as a 1-hitter, then he is the hero of the night, of the controversy, the hero of what will be a famous as any perfect game ever pitched, and that includes Don Larsen in 1956. The hero of the game and the circumstances and the moment when an umpire robbed him of a perfect game he has earned is the pitcher.He looked at Joyce And smiled A perfect picture at the end of an imperfect ending in an imperfect sport A snapshot of the old Kipling line about keeping your head while all those around you are losing theirs Think about the way Serena Williams reacted with that lineswoman last year and then remember what you saw from Galarraga Wednesday night.
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