Armando Galarraga: The road to his perfect game blown call Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga has had an up-and-down few years, culminating in Wednesday night's perfect game blown call by umpire Jim Joyce.
Armando Galarraga, the Detroit Tigers pitcher robbed of a perfect game by umpire Jim Joyce’s blown call, has been gracious about his lost diamond immortality. Perhaps this is due to the fact that Galarraga is just happy to be pitching – and pitching well – at the major league level.
Daniel Tammet was one of the ‘SuperHumans!’ featured on last night’s 20/20 on ABC. Tammet is 31-years-old and appears rather unremarkable to most. However, Daniel Tammet was born with a superhuman gift. Tammet’s brain is one of the most extraordinary on the planet Earth - ever.
Daniel Tammet is a mathematical genius. The autistic savant, can solve astronomical calculations in a flash. He also speaks 9 languages one of when he invented himself called Manti.
According to Tammet, he was born able to experience numbers quite vividly. He describes it as the numbers moving around in his mind. They are either fast or slow and dark or bright. They tend to have emotion, motion and texture to him, which is what makes them highly memorable.
