Clearly an OUT, by any angle .. clearly a blown call by the Ump ... MLB needs to review this and award the Perfecto to Galarraga post-haste. It wouldn’t be the first time MLB overruled an Ump’s call on the field, re: Yankees-Royals “Pine Tar” game circa 1982
Agreed. Whatever the rules are, the ump was clearly wrong (as he himself admits).
The guy pitched a perfect game, so give it to him!