He is best remembered for an incorrect call he made at first base in Game 6 of the 1985 World Series.
Even with instant replay, a few incorrect calls will slip through the cracks.
If you ask me whether that could protect against mistakes and what we would agree were incorrect, wrong or bad calls, the answer is no.
I reckon most of the incorrect calls were under the category of:
Due to an incorrect call on winds aloft, Atlantis landed 623 feet short of the runway.
It's not as if those two incorrect calls Sunday were suddenly the exception.
Each incorrect call gave the other contestant control of the remaining cards.
The incorrect calls altered the result of the game, meaning the Cowboys were eliminated from the 2012 competition.
This was in contradistinction to the incorrect call for Gore while the polls were still open and that actually affected the voting.
Indeed, it's not easy to remember which network first made the incorrect call for Gore.