Stupidity in Umpiring

To have Angel Hernandez blow a bunch of calls in this 2018 ALDS is one thing. It's another thing to have Joe West blow a call that has changed the outcomes of the Houston Astros to where they face elimination as we speak. It just shows how out of touch MLB is with these two idiots.

At the start of Game 4 of this ALCS, Jose Altuve hit what he thought was a home run, but West called it fan interference. It's hard to describe what the true definition of it is, as Boston Red Sox player Mookie Betts was ready to jump and rob Altuve of a hit or game tying homer. The call stood and it was an out, and the claim was there was not any evidence to overturn it We are a far cry from how things were in 1996 with the Jeffrey Maier incident at Yankee Stadium. Now these days, with instant replay, it's easy to spot this stuff.

The way I look at it, there shouldn't have been an out. Unfortunately, there aren't too many angles of the play, but with how it looked, it didn't look like interference. It's fans trying to grab a ball and Betts got in the way of them. In no way were they trying to interfere with him. It looked like they were ready to grab it before Betts jumped. If it were like the Maier incident, you could say that, but it looked like it was in the stands. That should mean anything goes for the fans and for Betts. If we are looking at it from another angle, it could be West trying to be involved in controversy and wanting the attention as usual.

What's it going to take for MLB to stop this umpire? This is playoff baseball. Yeah, West has tenure, but he's changed the series for good. Boston wins tonight or one of the other two games if necessary, the hate he'll get from the city of Houston will amplify to very high levels. Something has to change in the rulebook on what is interference and having the worst umpires calling the biggest games of the season and playoffs. We keep letting guys like West and Hernandez create these horrible moments, and for the fans involved, this could be like 2003 with the Chicago Cubs.

Joe West keeps ruining baseball for everyone. MLB needs to step up and find a way to get rid of him for good.