This umpire is never wrong (at least he never admits it)

Last night's imperfect game in Detroit was interesting from many perspectives.  The game took  less than two hours to complete. The Detroit center fielder, rookie Austin Jackson, made a spectacular catch to start the ninth inning. And, the umpire Jim Joyce, blew a relatively simple call at first base, which deprived Armando Galarraga of a perfect game.
 
It is what happened AFTER the game, that was truly amazing. JIm Joyce, after reviewing the videotape, realized his error, and apologized to Galarraga in person and made a statement to the public. Mr. Galarraga accepted the apology and graciously made the comment that we are all human and make mistakes. The manager of the Tigers, Jim Leyland, also was gracious after the game (after letting Joyce have it on the field in the ninth inning).

What is the moral of the story? It is human to err and divine to forgive. All the primary participants in this historic game were gracious in the aftermath. On the other hand, President Obama, the Finger-Pointer-in-Chief, reacts to every crisis by trying to blame someone else or events for his incompetent leadership. He is quick to blame Bush, the Republicans, or BP for all his woes. It is NEVER his fault, even partially. He needs to watch the ESPN highlights, and watch how Joyce, Leyland, and Galarraga all handled themselves after the game. They acted very un-Obama-like.

Perhaps Mr. Obama should call Bud Selig, the Commissioner of MLB, and tell Mr. Selig to pardon the umpire and do the right thing (which liberals seldom do) -- reverse the bad call and score it a perfect game. The 3-0 outcome of the game will still be the same. 

 It's too bad we don't have instant replays in politics, where the politicians display some guts and grace, admit their policy mistakes, and reverse them when they are obviously stupid and harmful to the Republic.