ovation when he returned to the clubhouse and proceeded to thank catcher Carlos Ruiz for calling the game. First baseman Ryan Howard retrieved the game ball from the final out to give to Halladay, while the Marlins presented him with the plate from the pitcher's mound. The following day, although he was not pitching, Halladay woke up early and went to the ballpark for his typical exercise routine. Cito Gaston, Halladay's former manager when he was a member of the Blue Jays, attempted to call Halladay to congratulate him after the perfect game, but said that the media frenzy prevented him from picking up the phone. A reporter joked to Gaston that Halladay was likely exercising, as he often did in his free time. Several other members of the Blue Jays organization offered their congratulations to their former teammate. General manager Alex Anthopoulos found out about the feat when he was attending a wedding, and received a number of congratulations himself. Some Blue Jays, like reliever Casey Janssen, told reporters that they would offer Halladay in-person congratulations when the team came to Citizens Bank Park the next month. Halladay also received a congratulatory phone call from Joe Biden, a lifelong Phillies fan and then-Vice President of the United States. Sun Life Stadium, which had a capacity of just over 36,000, had around 10,000 tickets still available from Halladay's perfect game. The following day, the Marlins began selling these unused perfect game tickets as memorabilia, for the same price as the game would have cost to attend. Armando Galarraga's near-perfect game On June 2, 2010, Armando Galarraga of the Detroit Tigers retired the first 26 batters before the 27th batter reached base on an errant call by first base umpire Jim Joyce. Had Galarraga's game been correctly called, the four-day span since Halladay's perfect game would have broken that 130-year-old record, and marked the only time that three consecutive no-hitters had been perfect games, the only time that three perfect games had occurred in one season, the only time that three perfect games had occurred in a shorter span than a month, the only time four perfect games had occurred in a span shorter than a year, and the only time that four perfect games had occurred within a stretch of five no-hitters. Commemorative watch After pitching his perfect game, Halladay commissioned around 60 Baume & Mercier wrist watches that he