28 Outs: An imperfect story Premieres Sunday, August 18 at 4:00 p.m. ET on ESPN and ESPN+

More than 14 years after that incident, baseball fans still discuss and debate the incredible story of Armando Galarraga’s near-perfect game and the man who took it away from him. A new edition of ESPN E60 retells the game and its controversial ending, includes new interviews with key figures in the story, and examines whether baseball should officially recognize Galarraga’s pursuit of perfection.

28 Outs: An imperfect story Premiering Sunday, August 18, at 4 p.m. ET on ESPN, then streaming on ESPN+. In a day and evening of baseball on ESPN, the debut follows a Little League World Series game and leads into Baseball tonight at 5 p.m. and then the broadcast of the game between the New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers.

On June 2, 2010, Galarraga, pitching for the Detroit Tigers, was one out away from becoming the 21st pitcher in MLB history to throw a perfect game. On the 27th and final out of the game, Cleveland’s Jason Donald hit a ground ball to first base and appeared to be out with a comfortable lead. Inexplicably, first-base umpire Jim Joyce ruled Donald safe, thwarting Galarraga’s attempt at a perfect game and bringing worldwide infamy.

Since then, there have been repeated calls to have Galarraga’s name added to the Major League Baseball record books. The most recent call was a compelling argument from a law class at Monmouth University (NJ) that made its way to the MLB’s highest leagues. E60 Reporter Jen Lada sits down with Galarraga and Joyce, along with more than 30 players, coaches, fans and MLB executives, including Commissioner Rob Manfred, to tell this incredible story and explore whether baseball could ever “right a wrong” as so many have demanded.

In addition to Galarraga and Joyce (and members of their families) and Manfred, The 28 outputs of the E60 also includes interviews with Mike Port, former MLB vice president of umpiring, Jim Leyland, former Tigers manager and Dave Dombrowski, longtime Tigers radio announcer Dan Dickerson and several Tigers fans who were at the game.

Many of Galarraga’s former teammates in Detroit were also interviewed, including Brandon Inge, Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, Alex Avila, Ramon Santiago and Austin Jackson. Cleveland players interviewed during the game include players Travis Hafner and Jason Donald, former manager Manny Acta and former first-base coach Sandy Alomar Jr.

Monmouth University professor Lawrence Jones and members of his Law and Society class, who prepared an 82-page study and presented it to MLB in 2022 to give Galarraga recognition for his perfect game, are also part of the story.

E60s 28 outputs was produced and directed by Simon Baumgart.

The ESPN multiplatform presentation includes excerpts from 28 outputs presented in segments on Outside the lines In SportsCenter And Baseball tonight. The story will also appear in an edition of the ESPN Daily Podcast.

The show will be repeated on Sunday, August 18, at 10 p.m. on ESPN2.

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