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Don Denkinger Feels Sorry for Jim Joyce, Supports Expanded Replay

When Jim Joyce blew the call at first base Wednesday night to ruin Armando Galarraga's perfect game bid, one other name immediately came to mind: Don Denkinger. Denkinger, for the unfamiliar, was the first base umpire in Game 6 of the 1985 World Series and blew a very similar call at first base in the ninth inning that...

Give Galarraga His Perfecto, Baseball More Replay

I'm not ashamed to admit that my tear ducts were filling. There was Armando Galarraga, whose perfection was sabotaged by a case of hideous imperfection Wednesday night, talking about what he'll tell his little boy. "I got a perfect game," he declared. "Maybe it's not in the book, but I'm going to show my son the CD." When...

Chief Shots: The Return of Don Denkinger?

So I decided to change the name of my weekly segment to "Chief Shots" because I'm pretending to be clever. Again, this is my weekly chance to be completely off-the-cuff, ridiculous, crunk-tastic, and completely abso-ludicrous I wonder what the reaction would be in St. Louis if Don Denkinger was an honorary ref for...

Background on don denkinger

Donald Anton Denkinger (; born August 28, 1936 in Cedar Falls, Iowa) is a former Major League Baseball umpire who worked in the American League from 1969 to 1998. Denkinger wore uniform number 11, when the AL adopted uniform numbers in 1980. He is best remembered for an incorrect call he made at first base in Game 6 of the 1985 World Series.

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