Thirty years ago, an ump could have said this and no one would have said a word. In today’s world...everyone is hyper-sensitive and can’t handle criticism of any type. At the rate things are going....ballplayers within the next five years will demand ‘safe-spaces’ where they go to during a game, and be able to demand sensitivity training for umps.
Agreed. You wonder if the late Ron Luciano is watching this from the ball field up in the sky shaking his head in disbelief. Particularly when you read his books with his accounts of legendary feuds with Earl Weaver and other managers and players.
Joe West has a habit of making it about himself.. People don’t go to games to watch him.
You should hear what the umpires in my senior softball leagues have to put up with from all the players.......LOL!
Umps are supposed to appear unbiased. Declaring a player the biggest complainer doesn’t appear unbiased. Of course in typical MLB form the suspension is a joke amount, for a 162 game season 3 games off is nothing. And given the gap between the story and the “punishment” I’d lay odds he’s “suspension” falls during their normal 2 week vacation.