This is a much larger issue than simply Yankees-Red Sox, of course. The issue is that the pace of baseball is apparently too slow and the need to decision to establish rules to speed the game up.
Umpire Joe West should take this idea and apply it to his country singing. Talk about painfully slow and dull. But I digress. We need to quit trying to find fault with the game.
West pointed out that the play during the Yankees-Red Sox games have been “embarrassing” and a “disgrace to baseball.”
Well, Cowboy Joe, that is a bit harsh, don’t you think? If slow pace is such a disgrace, then what do you think of PEDs in the game?
Good thing this guy isn’t leading troops through a battlefield. Those are real problems; this is just a game.
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Yankees-Red Sox Game Pace Is No “Disgrace”: Why Umpire Joe West Is Off-Base
Posted: 8th April 2010 by Bob Warja in MLBComments Off on Yankees-Red Sox Game Pace Is No “Disgrace”: Why Umpire Joe West Is Off-Base