At the time, MacPhail basically reinterpreted a baseball rule, mostly in the interest of fairness. And the best interest of baseball. He ruled that George Brett didnt have pine tar on his bat to make the ball travel a longer distance. In addition, MacPhail said that umpire tim McClellands decision to nullify the home run was disproportionate to the offense.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.
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