While overturning the call and awarding the pitcher a perfect game would have been a noble thing and spared the umpire and pitcher more days of press harassment, it would've been the wrong move.
Statistics are like Halls of Fame, they are historical references to what has happened on the field over the years. As bad as the call was, it was made. Play continued and Galarraga got the 28th out one batter later. To change the ruling would be to pretend that these things never happened which would undermine the whole purpose of statistics.
There is a way to fix it though. Simply change the hit to an error and award the pitcher a 28 out perfect game. This kind of stat manipulation happens all the time regarding hits, why not for this call? Call it an E-0.
The umpire gets relief but not forgiven, the pitcher gets his deserved perfect game and the history books will accurately reflect what actually happened on the field.
A far better option than ignoring the problem or pretending it didn't happen the way it did.
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