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CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called Armando Galarraga a "tremendous pitcher" Sunday and praised him for his sportsmanship after an umpire's blown call robbed him of a perfect game.

MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. – Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has issued a proclamation that says Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga pitched a perfect game against Cleveland, despite an umpire's blown call.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- First the umpire blew the call. Now, in the view of the White House, so did Major League Baseball.

DETROIT (AP)—Armando Galarraga(notes) squeezed the ball in his mitt, stepped on first base with his right foot and was ready to celebrate the first perfect game in Detroit Tigers’ history. What happened next will be the talk of baseball for the rest of this season and likely a lot longer. Detroit Tigers' Miguel Cabrera(notes) reacts to first base umpire Jim Joyce calling Cleveland Indians' Jason Donald(notes) safe in the ninth inning of a baseball game in Detroit, Wednesday, June 2, 2010. Tigers' Armando Galarraga(notes) lost his bid for a perfect game with two outs in the ninth inning on the...

Bob Barker and Rod Roddy couldn't have planned it better themselves. In the wake of Armando Galarraga's(notes) perfect-game-that-wasn't, Chevrolet and the Detroit Tigers rightly decided that the jilted pitcher deserved a grand gift anyway. So a new Corvette was driven behind home plate prior to Thursday's game with the Cleveland Indians and presented to the man who has been nothing but class in the face of Wednesday's disappointing and unjust finish.

DETROIT (AP) -- Armando Galarraga of the Detroit Tigers lost his bid for a perfect game Wednesday night with two outs in the ninth inning on a disputed call at first base. Replays appeared to show Cleveland hitter Jason Donald was out. Tigers manager Jim Leyland immediately argued the call with first base umpire Jim Joyce, and was joined by several Detroit players who surrounded the ump after the Tigers beat the Indians 3-0.

DETROIT, Mich. -- In perhaps the strangest finish ever to a brilliant night of pitching, Detroit's Armando Galarraga had a perfect game spoiled by a call that umpire Jim Joyce eventually admitted he blew. First-base ump Joyce called Indians shortstop Jason Donald safe with two out in the ninth inning on an infield grounder to first baseman Miguel Cabrera, when replays showed that Galarraga took Cabrera's throw at least a half-step before Donald's foot hit the bag. "I just cost that kid a perfect game," Joyce said after the game. "I thought he beat the throw. I was convinced he...

Umpire Jim Joyce wiped away tears as he took the field, a day after his blown call cost Detroit pitcher Armando Galarraga a perfect game. Major League Baseball is still deciding whether to review the call.

DETROIT - Armando Galarraga of the Detroit Tigers lost his bid for a perfect game Wednesday night with two outs in the ninth inning on a call that first base umpire Jim Joyce later admitted he blew.

NEW YORK -- Major League Baseball was still deciding Thursday morning whether to review the umpire's blown call that cost Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga a perfect game. 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. Joyce ruled Cleveland's Jason Donald safe, then admitted he got it wrong. Selig would likely consult with his top advisers before making such a ruling. St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa says the call should be overturned. Joyce was scheduled to be back at work...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Bud Selig won't reverse an umpire's admitted blown call that cost Armando Galarraga a perfect game. Selig says Major League Baseball will look at expanded replay and umpiring, but not the botched call Wednesday night.

Commissioner Bud Selig won't reverse an umpire's admitted blown call that cost Armando Galarraga a perfect game. Selig said Thursday that Major League Baseball will look at expanded replay and umpiring, but didn't specifically address umpire Jim Joyce's botched call Wednesday night. A baseball official familiar with the decision confirmed to The Associated Press that the call was not being reversed. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because that element was not included in Selig's statement. Joyce said he erred on what would've been the final out in Detroit, where the Tigers beat Cleveland 3-0. The umpire personally apologized...