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• A Monmouth University law class submitted an 83-page document arguing Armando Galarraga was unfairly denied a perfect game.
• MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred wouldn't agree to change the decision, but he was impressed by the class' efforts and agreed to speak with them.
• He said fans will make their own judgments on whether Aaron Judge or Barry Bonds holds the true home run record.

A year ago, 16 members of a Monmouth University “Law and Society” course and their professor, retired New Jersey Superior Court Judge Lawrence Jones, submitted an 83-page document to Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred seeking to correct one of the most infamous mistakes in sports history.

Their thoroughly researched petition argued for granting Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga the perfect game he was denied in 2010 when an umpire erroneously ruled that the 27th batter, with two outs in the ninth inning, had beaten a throw to first base.

Manfred declined to take action, informing the students last June that such a ruling “would open a Pandora's box of issues from the history of the game where past and future errors would constantly be vulnerable to scrutiny and disputes."

However, he was so impressed with their effort that he met with them for an hour Tuesday, over Zoom, and fielded their questions about the state of the sport.

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