That Balls Outta Here » Joe West

Kendrick Not at Fault: Nats Win 4-3 in Extras

Sat, 05 May 2012 04:30:43 +0000

For the first time in your career Joe, we missed you on the field. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-US PRESSWIRE

This may be the only time in the entire pantheon of baseball that people watching the game actually missed that fat turd Joe West. He missed today’s game between the Phillies and Nationals because of what I can only assume was related either to him being overweight or into country music. There are a lot of times when we all bitch and moan about the umpiring, but know that in actuality, they got it right and we are just clinging to their incompetence to prevent a nervous breakdown. Tonight was not one of those nights. Joe West missed the game rendering the crew down an umpire. There was no third base umpire and the Phillies were absolutely shafted on two plays preventing them from scoring an insurance run late in the game. (more…)

Formal Protest of that Thing You Already Forgot About is Coming Along

Justin Klugh — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:30:08 +0000

“We’re just trying to do what we think is right, and we’ll deal with the consequences after that.”

–Ruben Amaro

Consequences. Ruben Amaro doesn’t worry about them. That’s because for him, they usually involve one of baseball’s greatest pitchers smiling and holding a Phillies jersey.

In this case, however, Ruben is out for what for what he is not often seeking: revenge. (more…)

Joe West Probably Sets Career Milestone for Pissing Everybody Off

Justin Klugh — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:33:03 +0000

The Rules!

Sometimes, they’re followed. Unless you’re a cool kid. Then you know the only way to impress people is to break the rules as often and brazenly as possible. For that reason, Joe West is the coolest guy in Major League Baseball.

Instant replay is something that could be of great use to MLB, but sadly, it is only used to review home runs. Hunter Pence, along with Charlie Manuel, along with everybody, was a bit confused as to why Joe West decided he could review a double that was not a home run. West claimed later that Manuel had demanded the play be reviewed to see if it was a home run, and Jack McKeon just saw everybody shouting and was sick of not being included.

Obviously this dumb situation left everybody a bit frustrated, so I’ve chosen to channel that frustration into a small dissection of the Marlins announcers’ analysis, whose names I have chosen to not look up.

Jack McKeon slips in and out of lucidity as Charlie Manuel vomits with rage on live TV.

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