With the blown call that spoiled a potential perfect game for Tigers' pitcher Armando Galarraga by umpire Jim Joyce in Detroit's win Wednesday night, the online sports betting world and talk show phone lines were lighting up all morning discussing what the outcome of the decision means for both Galarraga and the game. Perhaps Joyce made a call to the Pittsburgh Steelers to ask for some relief, as the only story which was big enough to take the attention away from the potential perfect game was Steelers' quarterback Ben Roethlisberger's decision to speak with the media on Thursday. It marked the first time since his football betting six-game suspension for violating the NFL's conduct policy that Roethlisberger has spoken with the media.
The 28-year old did not apologize for what happened on the night when he was accused of sexually assaulting a college student at a nightclub in Georgia, but admitted that he had spent the last two months thinking about the decisions that he has made over the years, and the person that he wants to be. Roethlisberger talked about how we was working very closely with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to make the best of what he called, "his second chance" at playing football. The embattled quarterback wouldn't comment on specific betting details concerning what Goodell and he had talked about, as well as the psychic evaluation he was ordered to undergo before he was cleared to work with the Steelers at training camp. Roethlisberger will be ineligible to participate once practice begins, but is putting in extra time with the team during training camp now in an effort to get ahead.
