Umps for the World Series...

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Major League Baseball announced today the umpiring crew that will work the 2005 World Series, scheduled to begin on Saturday, October 22, 2005.

 

Twenty-eight-year veteran umpire Joe West will call the balls and strikes in Game One of the Fall Classic. West, working his third World Series and 13th post season series, will be joined by Derryl Cousins (3rd WS) in his 11th post season assignment, Jerry Layne (1st WS) in his eighth post season assignment, Angel Hernandez (2nd WS) in his 10th post season assignment, Gary Cederstrom (1st WS) in his sixth post season assignment, and Jeff Nelson (1st WS) also in his sixth post season assignment.

 

Not as good as it once was.

 

The bold was for you Raisin.

[rocket]

cb bucknor plz

[barrettismyidol]

cb bucknor plz

 

Hah. Since I'm not really rooting for either team, it would be pretty funny to see him umping. Good for some laughs at least.

[Jon]

http://www.jonmdavis.net/stevemcmichael.jpg

 

Hopefully Mongo will make it to a few games.

[SouthSideRyan]

Joe West is a horrible confrontational ump as well.

[Omar]

What would be the worst staff? Bruce Froemming, Angel Hernandez, CB Buckner, and?...

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

What would be the worst staff? Bruce Froemming, Angel Hernandez, CB Buckner, and?...

 

Eddings should be on that list as well.

[Coach C]

Wow. Is MLB trying to start a WS controversy or something? :-k

[indifferent]

Phil Cuzzi and Greg Gibson

[Mark Priors Calves]

No Tim McClellan?

[Warren Brusstar]

After horrible umpiring in the LCS, MLB's response is to assign to the World Series two of MLB's most confrontational umpires -- West and Hernandez.

 

Nice message: "Yeah, we screwed up, but it never would have been an issue if the managers had stayed in their dugouts and not demanded that calls be corrected. We'll show you. In the World Series, the managers had better not dare question the umpiring."

[LoneStarCubFan]

It's borderline crimminal that Angel Hernandez, an incompetent of the highest order, is working the World Series. The only way he should get into a postseason game is by buying a ticket.

 

How MLB didn't manage to address the "everybody gets a payday" assignment rules for postseason play when it broke the umpires' union is beyond me.

[snoodmonger]

Let's bring Eric gregg out of retirement and give him exclusive role as plate ump.