Rangers’ third baseman Adrian Beltre hopes Joe West was just joking. But he doesn’t know for sure. The MLB umpire who is celebrating his 40th season and just called his 5,000 major league game in Denver, told USA Today that Beltre was the biggest complainer in the league.
“It’s got to be Adrian Beltre. Every pitch you call that’s a strike, he says, ‘Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!’ I had a game with him recently and the pitch was right down the middle. He tells me, “that ball is outside,’” said West, who was in Arlington for the series against the Mariners.