James A. Joyce III was born October 3, 1955, in Toledo, Ohio.He is an umpire in Major League Baseball who has worked in the American League (AL) from 1987 to 1999 and throughout both major leagues since 2000. In Green State University,he had attended bowling. He wears uniform number 66 while he wore a uniform numbered 6 in the American League). he was similarly like to that of now-retired umpire Bruce Froemming whose strike call is extremely loud and enthusiastic,.
Joyce has umpired the following: All-Star Game (1994 and 2001), the Division Series (1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, and 2003), the League Championship Series (1997, 2004, 2006), and theWorld Series (1999 and 2001). After graduating from Bowling Green State University in 1977, he umpired in the Midwest League (1978-1979), the Florida Instructional League (1978), theTexas League (1980), the Pacific Coast League (1981-1986, 1988), the International League (1987), and the Dominican League (1983).
when Nolan Ryan recorded his 5,000th career strikeout ,Joyce was the second base umpire and was the first base umpire when Robin Yount reached his 3,000th hit.
Below are the list of his crews dated 2008-2010
- 2008 season included crew chief Tim Tschida, Jeff Nelson, and Mark Carlson.
- 2009 season includes crew chief Derryl Cousins, Bill Miller, and Brian Runge.
- 2010 season includes crew chief Derryl Cousins, Marvin Hudson and Jim Wolf.
Controversial call
Joyce made a controversial call at first base on June 2, 2010, ruling baserunner Jason Donald of the Cleveland Indians safe. Had the call gone the other way, pitcher Armando Galarraga of the Detroit Tigers would have completed a perfect game,who had retired the previous 26 Indians batters without allowing a single base runner.It was shown in the replays that the call was incorrect, and that Donald had in fact been out at first.
"The Tigers' fans have been cheated out of the greatest pitching experience in Tiger history."said Tigers' color commentators. Joyce had spoken with the media following the game and admitted he had committed a mistake:James stated that "I just cost the kid a perfect game. I thought he beat the throw. I was convinced he beat the throw until I saw the replay. It was the biggest call of my career." Joyce apologized to Galarraga following the game after he saw the replay. A perfect game by Galarraga would have set a Major League record of three perfect games in twenty-three days.
So whatever it is,we really coommit mistakes that would twist most of our lives events.
So whatever it is,we really coommit mistakes that would twist most of our lives events.
