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Apparently Joe West ejected Nats GM Mike Rizzo for not wearing his mask. Sitting in a second deck suite. By himself.

 

There are plenty of bad umpires in MLB, and West is one of them, but only Joe West can claim to be a bad umpire to go along with being a total (insert expletive of your choice here).

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Apparently Joe West ejected Nats GM Mike Rizzo for not wearing his mask. Sitting in a second deck suite. By himself.

 

There are plenty of bad umpires in MLB, and West is one of them, but only Joe West can claim to be a bad umpire to go along with being a total (insert expletive of your choice here).

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West is just a good ole fashioned jerk.
"Dustin Pedroia doesn't have the strength or bat speed to hit major-league pitching consistently, and he has no power......He probably has a future as a backup infielder if he can stop rolling over to third base and shortstop." Keith Law, 2006
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West is just a good ole fashioned jerk.
"Dustin Pedroia doesn't have the strength or bat speed to hit major-league pitching consistently, and he has no power......He probably has a future as a backup infielder if he can stop rolling over to third base and shortstop." Keith Law, 2006
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During Sunday's Nationals-Braves (ATL 10, WAS 3) bout in Atlanta, West appeared to eject Nationals president and general manager Mike Rizzo, who was sitting in a suite high above home plate. West even called security.

 

Reports from those on the scene indicate Rizzo was in the third deck. To reiterate: Joe West ejected someone for yelling at him from the third deck. It's unclear exactly what sparked the ejection, but West repeatedly told him to "get out."

 

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/watch-joe-west-appears-to-eject-nationals-gm-mike-rizzo-from-third-deck/

 

Watch the video. It's an embarrassment to MLB that this happened. Seems like they even delayed the game so Joe could call security to have him escorted out.

 

The thing about Joe West is that he's not horrible when it comes to doing the job of an umpire. The problem is that he's a turd human being and that leads things like this.

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During Sunday's Nationals-Braves (ATL 10, WAS 3) bout in Atlanta, West appeared to eject Nationals president and general manager Mike Rizzo, who was sitting in a suite high above home plate. West even called security.

 

Reports from those on the scene indicate Rizzo was in the third deck. To reiterate: Joe West ejected someone for yelling at him from the third deck. It's unclear exactly what sparked the ejection, but West repeatedly told him to "get out."

 

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/watch-joe-west-appears-to-eject-nationals-gm-mike-rizzo-from-third-deck/

 

Watch the video. It's an embarrassment to MLB that this happened. Seems like they even delayed the game so Joe could call security to have him escorted out.

 

The thing about Joe West is that he's not horrible when it comes to doing the job of an umpire. The problem is that he's a turd human being and that leads things like this.

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I've heard some doozies from the stands before but "You're brutal" is particularly awful.
"Dustin Pedroia doesn't have the strength or bat speed to hit major-league pitching consistently, and he has no power......He probably has a future as a backup infielder if he can stop rolling over to third base and shortstop." Keith Law, 2006
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I've heard some doozies from the stands before but "You're brutal" is particularly awful.
"Dustin Pedroia doesn't have the strength or bat speed to hit major-league pitching consistently, and he has no power......He probably has a future as a backup infielder if he can stop rolling over to third base and shortstop." Keith Law, 2006
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I would have refused to leave if I was Rizzo. To me that's a reach on the "power" west actually holds.

 

And this is petty and stupid but I would boycott games he umps in. Not me personally, but the team.

Remember what Yoda said:

 

"Cubs lead to Cardinals. Cardinals lead to dislike. Dislike leads to hate. Hate leads to constipation."

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I would have refused to leave if I was Rizzo. To me that's a reach on the "power" west actually holds.

 

And this is petty and stupid but I would boycott games he umps in. Not me personally, but the team.

Remember what Yoda said:

 

"Cubs lead to Cardinals. Cardinals lead to dislike. Dislike leads to hate. Hate leads to constipation."

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Everything I read today said it was because he was yelling at the umps, I didn’t see anything about it being about not wearing a mask.

 

Fake news running rampant...

"I'm sick of runnin' from these wimps!" Ajax - The WARRIORS
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Everything I read today said it was because he was yelling at the umps, I didn’t see anything about it being about not wearing a mask.

 

Fake news running rampant...

"I'm sick of runnin' from these wimps!" Ajax - The WARRIORS
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So it appears Rizzo was thrown out for yelling from the 3rd level and because he had been yelling the whole series. Also, not by West, but another umpire. West, however, did stop the game so he could go into the dugout to call security to have Rizzo removed. While not as ridiculous as originally speculated, still incredibly ridiculous and an embarrassment to MLB and their umpires.
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