The Finger Wag – Athletes using Twitter and Social Media to their Disadvantage

Last night Armando Galarraga of the Detroit Tigers threw a perfect game. It won’t count in the record books as a perfect game because an umpire names Jim Joyce blew a call at first base. Instant replay could have fixed this issue, but instant replay isn’t allowed in baseball.

For a quick comparison, I missed this. I was watching the Stanley Cup Finals, a game that saw two great uses of replay to ensure the puck crossed the goal line and make sure the game was called fairly.

Naturally the twitter world went nuts:

Check out the twit pic here, it shows just how bad the call was:

lastcall155

(Danny Castillo)

Thats to bad!!! Galarraga...I feel for u Bud!:( http://twitpic.com/1terws On 1:40 AM Jun 3rd 2010 from Twitterrific

QBKILLA

(Warren Sapp)

He's Out By A Mile!!!! Ump Blowed A Perfect GAME!!!!! WOW!!! On 12:50 AM Jun 3rd 2010 from UberTwitter

kirkmorrison55

(Kirk Morrison)

Are you serious right now? Did that just happen? That Umpire needs to be thrown out of baseball. I feel for Armand Galarraga of the Tigers. On 12:51 AM Jun 3rd 2010 from UberTwitter

Cato June provides a glimpse into the future where Armando discusses this event:

CatoJune59

(Cato June)

"you see boy, I threw a perfect game once but the refs were cheating!" haaa On 1:14 AM Jun 3rd 2010 from Echofon

(if you don’t know who Katt Stakcs is, do some Google research – she is crazy)

JasonDavis43

(Jason Davis)

Jim Joyce is the new Katt Stacks cuz he will screw and make sure the whole world knows On 1:42 AM Jun 3rd 2010 from Twitter for iPhone

TaylorTwellman

(Taylor Twellman)

who saw the BLOWN CALL AGAIN by the #MLB ump for the perfect game in the #Tigers game? what a bad year so far for the umps! i'd be furious On 1:48 AM Jun 3rd 2010 from web

mogotti2

(Mo Williams)

He really kept his composure I tell u. I would have flipped On 1:50 AM Jun 3rd 2010 from Echofon

J_Flynn

(Jonny Flynn)

Wow Jim Joyce is a TT! He's famous for allllll the wrooooong reasons haha On 1:53 AM Jun 3rd 2010 from UberTwitter

The Kanye West meme comes back:

boomtho

(boomtho)

Yo, Ken Griffey Jr- I'm happy for you, and I'ma let you finish, but Umpire Jim Joyce is the biggest baseball story of all day. OF ALL DAY. On 2:05 AM Jun 3rd 2010 from TweetDeck

Chris
Dougey-Roberts really owns this topic and claims to have come up with the trending topic himself, here are some highlights:

cdouglasroberts

(Chris Dougey-Roberts)

Wowwwwwww. I wouldn't want to be that Umpire in Detroit right now. He needs to go get the "mustache & nose" disguise & sneak out of there. On 1:06 AM Jun 3rd 2010 from Echofon

cdouglasroberts

(Chris Dougey-Roberts)

#JimJoyce told the Trail Blazers to draft Sam Bowie. On 2:16 AM Jun 3rd 2010 from Echofon

cdouglasroberts

(Chris Dougey-Roberts)

#JimJoyce convinced Plaxico to go out that night. On 2:46 AM Jun 3rd 2010 from Echofon

You are asking what Clay Matthews had to say about this? He was… busy

ClayMatthews52

(Clay Matthews III)

Watchin THE HILLS 4 the 1st time... Gotta check out Spencer Pratt n c if he's as crazy as every1 been saying. On 1:36 AM Jun 3rd 2010 from web