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White House: Baseball should reverse ump's mistake
Posted: 06.03.2010 at 9:43 AM Updated: 06.03.2010 at 3:10 PM
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Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland, third from left, yells at first base umpire Jim Joyce, right, as umpires Jim Wolf (78), left, and home plate umpire Marvin Hudson (51), intervene after the Cleveland Indians lost 3-0 in a baseball game in Detroit, Wednesday, June 2, 2010.  / AP Photo
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Presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs weighed in Thursday on the story that had the nation talking: umpire Jim Joyce's muffed call that cost Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga a perfect game.

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