{"product_id":"nobodys-perfect-two-men-one-call-and-a-game-for-baseball-history-9780802145871","title":"Nobody's Perfect: Two Men, One Call, and a Game for Baseball History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Detroit Tigers, an umpire, a pitcher, and a mistake-one of the \"classic, human, baseball stories\" (Ken Burns, creator of the PBS mini-series \u003ci\u003eBaseball\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe perfect game is one of the rarest accomplishments in sports. In nearly four hundred thousand contests in over 130 years, it has happened only twenty times. On June 2, 2010, Armando Galarraga threw baseball's twenty-first. Except that's not how it entered the record books. That's because Jim Joyce, voted the best umpire in the game in 2010 and 2011, missed the call on the final out. But rather than throwing a tantrum, Galarraga simply turned and smiled, went back to the mound, and finished the game. \"Nobody's perfect,\" he said later in the locker room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"You might think everything that could have been said, replayed, and revealed about that night has already been uttered, logged, and exposed. You would, however, be as wrong as the unfortunate Mr. Joyce\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Detroit News\u003c\/i\u003e). In \u003ci\u003eNobody's Perfect\u003c\/i\u003e, Galarraga and Joyce come together to tell the personal story of a remarkable game that will live forever in baseball lore, and to trace their fascinating lives in sports. The result is \"a masterpiece\", an absorbing insider's look at two careers in baseball, a tremendous achievement, and an enduring moment of pure grace and sportsmanship (\u003ci\u003eThe Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArmando Galarraga\u003c\/b\u003e is a pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks. He finished third in balloting for American League Rookie of the Year in 2008.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJim Joyce \u003c\/b\u003ehas been an umpire in the major leagues for more than twenty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Paisner\u003c\/b\u003e is a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling writer and collaborator on dozens of books, including \u003ci\u003eOn the Line\u003c\/i\u003e with tennis great Serena Williams. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ball: Mark McGwire's 70th Home Run Ball and the Marketing of the American Dream.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grove Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52196954734866,"sku":"9780802145871","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9be2e4c8-da43-4934-8de4-b5521772e8a1.jpg?v=1776158912","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/nobodys-perfect-two-men-one-call-and-a-game-for-baseball-history-9780802145871","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}