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Joe West’s comments about Adrian Beltre have reportedly landed the veteran umpire a three-game suspension. During an interview with USA Today, West spoke about the Rangers third baseman and his propensity to complain about calls at home plate. …
The 2017 MLB All-Star Game no longer counts for home field advantage in the World Series, and has subsequently been a bit more light-hearted than in previous seasons. That was made quite obvious in the top of the sixth inning, when Seattle Mariners …
The crankiest umpire in Major League Baseball was at it again Monday night, this time ejecting Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon in the ninth inning over a situation that surely could have been avoided. After Jeremy Hazelbaker of the St. Louis …
Umpire Joe West is no stranger to confrontation, and neither is Giants ace Madison Bumgarner. It was no surprise that the two butted heads after a perceived missed call on Thursday night. Bumgarner was upset after a borderline call against San …
Torii Hunter went off on umpire Joe West for making a poor call to end Monday’s Twins-Tigers game and not appealing it. The Twins lost 4-0 but had something brewing with two outs in the ninth after getting consecutive singles to bring up Hunter …
Your browser does not support iframes. We’re still more than two weeks away from the start of the MLB regular season, but umpire Joe West is already in midseason form. During Wednesday night’s Grapefruit League game between the New York …
Your browser does not support iframes. Joe West has a reputation for being one of the toughest umpires in Major League Baseball. When we say toughest, we mean he is extremely stubborn and unafraid of infuriating managers with questionable calls. On …
The San Diego Padres already have a tough enough time scoring runs as it is. The last thing they need is umpires taking runs away from them. Sadly, that’s exactly what happened on Tuesday night thanks to familiar foe Joe West. The Pads were …
MLB met with umpire Joe West a year ago to try and harness his behavior. Now it’s time for them to pull the plug and finally fire him. West was a part of two ejections in the Red Sox-Twins series this weekend and his comportment has been …
