Comments on: Oh look: Joe West and Angel Hernandez get to umpire the postseason http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/oh-look-joe-west-and-angel-hernandez-get-to-umpire-the-postseason/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Thu, 23 May 2013 02:26:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ditto65 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/oh-look-joe-west-and-angel-hernandez-get-to-umpire-the-postseason/comment-page-1/#comment-201222 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:53:19 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=89148#comment-201222 I think your a little early on Hernandez. I see him killing a 6th inning rally with the improper out.

]]> By: Chris Fiorentino http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/oh-look-joe-west-and-angel-hernandez-get-to-umpire-the-postseason/comment-page-1/#comment-201203 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:11:42 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=89148#comment-201203 The lack of umpire support even from the aptly named “The Baseball Idiot” shows how truly egregious even he thinks this is.

]]> By: WhenMattStairsIsKing http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/oh-look-joe-west-and-angel-hernandez-get-to-umpire-the-postseason/comment-page-1/#comment-201146 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:52:44 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=89148#comment-201146 Oh, so there will be basically no strike zone consistent enough to enjoy these games to their full potential. Thanks for the heads up.

By the way, neckpouch is a brilliantly coined term.

]]> By: Jonny 5 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/oh-look-joe-west-and-angel-hernandez-get-to-umpire-the-postseason/comment-page-1/#comment-201118 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:15:21 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=89148#comment-201118 The Union more than likely has caused this atrocity actually. Seniority or some other bs union requirement.

]]> By: CJ http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/oh-look-joe-west-and-angel-hernandez-get-to-umpire-the-postseason/comment-page-1/#comment-201115 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:13:22 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=89148#comment-201115 hate to go there, but the answer to your question is the called politics

]]> By: kopy http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/oh-look-joe-west-and-angel-hernandez-get-to-umpire-the-postseason/comment-page-1/#comment-201101 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:00:43 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=89148#comment-201101 It’s “Cowboy” Joe West

]]> By: clydeserra http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/oh-look-joe-west-and-angel-hernandez-get-to-umpire-the-postseason/comment-page-1/#comment-201100 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:00:01 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=89148#comment-201100 worked for the giants in 2010 and the marlins in 1997

]]> By: 1943mrmojorisin1971 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/oh-look-joe-west-and-angel-hernandez-get-to-umpire-the-postseason/comment-page-1/#comment-201098 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:57:41 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=89148#comment-201098 In what other profession do you get so rewarded for not ever doing your job correctly?

]]> By: dlindstedt2 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/oh-look-joe-west-and-angel-hernandez-get-to-umpire-the-postseason/comment-page-1/#comment-201093 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:49:30 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=89148#comment-201093 This is how the Diamondbacks win the world series. One ump at a time.

]]> By: CJ http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/oh-look-joe-west-and-angel-hernandez-get-to-umpire-the-postseason/comment-page-1/#comment-201088 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:45:03 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=89148#comment-201088 somehow the Braves and Sox still wouldn’t make it even then

]]> By: professor30 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/oh-look-joe-west-and-angel-hernandez-get-to-umpire-the-postseason/comment-page-1/#comment-201079 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:39:15 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=89148#comment-201079 what, no C.B. Bucknor?

]]> By: drunkenhooliganism http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/oh-look-joe-west-and-angel-hernandez-get-to-umpire-the-postseason/comment-page-1/#comment-201076 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:37:37 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=89148#comment-201076 Since MLB picks umpires randomly and doesn’t care about their quality, they should just pick the teams randomly too. Forget about record to make the playoffs, just have a lottery.

]]> By: cur68 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/oh-look-joe-west-and-angel-hernandez-get-to-umpire-the-postseason/comment-page-1/#comment-201073 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:36:56 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=89148#comment-201073 Gwaaaaaaad, the nightmare continues. Not that collection of half wits, homey please!

*sigh*

Well, lets make the best of things then; does anyone want to take make predictions who, what, when & how either West or Hernandez screws the first call?
-I got first screw up to Hernandez, he’ll miss an obvious safe call, 2nd inning, it’ll go against Philly, and declare an out. It’ll cost Philly the game.

Who makes the first ejection, of what manner of team member and over what?
-I got Cowboy Joe West (CJW), ejecting Gibson, over balls and strikes.

Who gets in someone’s face first, over what, and is he right or wrong? Once again I go with m’boy CJW, Gibson, and of course CJW is wrong, are you kidding me?

]]> By: CJ http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/oh-look-joe-west-and-angel-hernandez-get-to-umpire-the-postseason/comment-page-1/#comment-201070 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:35:27 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=89148#comment-201070 Selig had no choice: West and Hernandez threatened to ump for another 15 years if he didn’t schedule them for the post season.

]]> By: Francisco (FC) http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/oh-look-joe-west-and-angel-hernandez-get-to-umpire-the-postseason/comment-page-1/#comment-201067 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:33:52 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=89148#comment-201067 Joe West must have some great blackmail material on Bud Selig.

]]> By: ditto65 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/oh-look-joe-west-and-angel-hernandez-get-to-umpire-the-postseason/comment-page-1/#comment-201061 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:30:16 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=89148#comment-201061 Allan Huber Selig is merely ensuring that the umpires interject plenty of “Human Element” in the post season.

]]> By: contraryguy http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/oh-look-joe-west-and-angel-hernandez-get-to-umpire-the-postseason/comment-page-1/#comment-201051 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:24:15 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=89148#comment-201051 shows how far MLB umpiring has fallen. BTW, thought he was called Country Joe West.

]]> By: pisano http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/oh-look-joe-west-and-angel-hernandez-get-to-umpire-the-postseason/comment-page-1/#comment-201041 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:14:26 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=89148#comment-201041 That’s two of the worst umpires in mlb. I call bullshit on those two anywhere near a playoff game, unless they use instant replay, that’s how inept West is. Hernandez isn’t quite as bad, but close.

]]> By: aceshigh11 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/oh-look-joe-west-and-angel-hernandez-get-to-umpire-the-postseason/comment-page-1/#comment-201036 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:11:36 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=89148#comment-201036 HA!

I love that video…cruel, but funny as hell…

]]> By: Jonny 5 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/oh-look-joe-west-and-angel-hernandez-get-to-umpire-the-postseason/comment-page-1/#comment-201027 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:07:22 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=89148#comment-201027 I hope Kuato escapes Joe West’s neck Pouch during the first playoff game and sings Chocolate Rain to Angel Hernandez.

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