LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION urging Major League Baseball Commissioner Allen
H. (Bud) Selig to overturn the openly admitted error of the official
umpire ruling of "safe" at first base for the Batter Jason Donald in the
9th inning of the Detroit Tigers vs. Cleveland Indians game on the night
of June 2, 2010 and thus awarding Detroit Tigers pitcher, Armando Galar-
raga, a "perfect" game to his pitching record

WHEREAS, The first base umpire, Jim Joyce, who has been an umpire for
over 23 years in Major League Baseball has openly admitted fault to his
incorrect ruling of "safe" for the Cleveland Indians batter Jason
Donald; and
WHEREAS, The expanded use of technology has permitted review of calls
on plays in many sporting events which, in this case, has shown blatant
evidence of a missed call play; and
WHEREAS, Detroit Tiger's pitcher, Armando Galarraga, has continued to
show humility and graciousness since the Major League Baseball officials
blatant disregard to acknowledge this historic and personal record of
achievement; and
WHEREAS, The importance the game of baseball plays to the State of New
York and throughout the Nation is to provide inspiration of hard work,
discipline, and team work to successive generations of Americans of
which a blatant error like this, if allowed to stand would sully the
reputation of baseball; and
WHEREAS, There has only been 20 pitchers in the history of Major Leag-
ue Baseball who have ever achieved the historical record of "perfect"
game, including Cy Young, Sandy Koufax, and David Cone; and
WHEREAS, The definition of a "perfect" game is when a pitcher or
pitchers retire each consecutive batter during the course of a nine
inning game which is the total of 27 batters, which Armando Galarraga
achieved if not for the missed call play by the umpire at first base;
and
WHEREAS, The reversal of this ruling would not affect the standing
records of other players on the Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers as
the batter, Jason Donald, was the last out in the batting line up for
the Cleveland Indians; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
urge Major League Baseball Commissioner Allen H. (Bud) Selig to over-
turn the openly admitted error of the official umpire ruling of "safe"
at first base for the Batter Jason Donald in the 9th inning of the
Detroit Tigers vs. Cleveland Indians game on the night of June 2, 2010
and thus awarding Detroit Tigers pitcher, Armando Galarraga, a "perfect"
game to his pitching record; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to Major League Baseball Commissioner Allen H. (Bud) Selig.