MLB umpire Joe West has been disliked by many fans for his flamboyance on the field and his bad calls for many, many years.
Tuesday, West told Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic something that ought to get him suspended, relating a conversation he had with MLB’s deputy commissioner Dan Halem:
“He said, ‘According to our doctors, you’re high-risk,’” recalled West, who lives in Clermont, Fl., about 22 miles west of Orlando. “I said, ‘Look, most of these people that they’re reporting are dying are not healthy to begin with. I’ve lost 25 pounds over the winter.