Feeling rather opinionated about a couple of things this morning…
Armando Galarraga
…threw a perfect game last night, the third in the still-young 2010 season. This has never happened before. The last time that two perfect games were thrown in a single season was 1880. Regardless of the call, regardless of the record books, 2010 has beheld three perfect games. 
Cleveland, Detroit, Jim Joyce, Galarraga, Bud Selig, and anyone else who has seen the replay knows it was a perfect game the moment Galarraga stepped on the bag at first. Personally, I hope Selig overturns the call and lends a hand to the credibility of the record books. I also hope this acts as a catalyst for more extensive use of instant replay in baseball. David Martin raises and dashes the obvious objections to overturning the call on Rockies Review. In other baseball news, the Braves have won 8 in a row to take a 2 and a half game lead in the National League East over Philadelphia, who they just swept. Awesome.
BP Acknowledges Incompetence
BP’s CEO Tony Hayward finally acknowledged that they were unprepared and lacked the “tools” to deal with the oil spill in the gulf. DUH! Every single attempt to halt the gushing oil (dome, top kill, top hat, whatever) came with a disclaimer that it had never been attempted 5000 feet below the surface. My question is “why not?” If you’re drilling at these depths you should have tried and true methods for dealing with a disaster like this one. It’s irresponsible on any level. Even Lori’s professors at Tech stressed that when designing a product you have to think about where it comes from, how it can be misused, where it will go, etc. Failure to do so with an oil drilling operation is certainly grounds for a criminal investigation. Unfortunately, no level of criminal justice will be able to rectify the situation. I do not expect to live long enough to see the full effect of this disaster.
Nathan
