This afternoon Arizona Diamondbacks acquired right-handed pitcher Armando Galarraga from the Detroit Tigers for prospects Kevin Eichhorn and Ryan Robowski. The Diamondbacks will have the responsibility to pay Galarraga's $2.3 million salary. But if they decide to release him, they will not have to pay the entire amount. The 29 year-old posted a 4.49 ERA this season with 144 1/3 innings this season. And unless you were living under a rock in the 2010 season or new to the sport, you know that Armando Galarraga had a perfect game taken away from Jim Joyce's bad call. I'm sorry that Galarraga did not get the perfect game, but Joyce apologized and that is the human element of baseball. And by the way, Galarraga still got his Corvette! The only problem is that he will always be remembered as the guy who almost had the perfect game, and Jim Joyce will always be remembered as the umpire who took it away from him. This necessarily would not be a big story if it were not for the fact that Galarraga almost had a perfect game. If this were any other pitcher and prospects, the story would not have been followed so closely. But apparently Galarraga was somewhat sought after by the Pirates, the Nationals, the Indians, and the Orioles. I hope you see what I mean, in that Galarraga was not sought after by contenders, but the storied is covered like he is Cliff Lee. I mean come on, it was under "Breaking News" on ESPN's Bottom Line. But personally, I hope Armando Galarraga the best, and with him good luck towards another perfect game.
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