Baseball Is Dead Episode 7: Cowboy Joe West

Double Play: A Baseball Podcast

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Sports, Baseball

4.6 • 681 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2022

⏱️ 156 minutes

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We said we'd get him and god dammit we got him. The one and only Joe West joins Baseball Is Dead and becomes our first official interview on the new podcast. We talk to Joe about his staredown with MadBum, having the most number of games umpired of all-time, his favorite catchers he's worked with, the best pitchers he's ever seen, interactions between umpires and managers, throwing people out, and a ton more. If you've ever wanted to hear an umpire's perspective on the most highly debated topics in baseball this is the interview to listen to. Huge thanks to Joe West for being so open and willing to tell stories from a perspective that most people have never heard before. Throughout the rest of the episode Jared, Dallas, and Joey break down the biggest topics of the week so far in MLB. They cover the Nolan Arenado fight, the Met's getting thrown at, Bassit's comments about the baseballs, Joc Pederson having some choice words with the fans, Ronald Acuña Jr. coming back and Eric Hosmer chasing Ted Williams' batting title. Jared also has a gripe with pitchers texting him being upset when he tweets out home runs that they gave up. This is a long one folks, enjoy! If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537) (IL/IN/MI/NJ/PA/WV/WY), 1-800-NEXT STEP (AZ), 1-800-522-4700 (CO/NH), 888-789-7777/visit http://ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-BETS OFF (IA), 1-877-770-STOP (7867) (LA), 877-8-HOPENY/text HOPENY (467369) (NY), visit OPGR.org (OR), call/text TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN), or 1-888-532-3500 (VA). 21+ (18+ NH/WY). Physically present in AZ/CO/CT/IL/IN/IA/LA/MI/NH/NJ/NY/OR/ PA/TN/VA/WV/WY only. Min. $5 deposit required. Eligibility restrictions apply. See http://draftkings.com/sportsbook for details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I mean, this is a sport that's on the precipice of irrelevance.
0:04.0	The games are taking over three and a half hours. Playoff games are taking over four hours.
0:09.0	Games too long, too slow. Who cares?
0:12.0	This is a situation where baseball is in trouble to begin with.
0:16.0	The MLD is officially dead.
0:19.0	Baseball is dead.
0:23.0	Rest in peace.
0:28.4	I feel like every single episode we've done so far, I've started off by saying, I don't know where to start.
0:30.6	Not the case today.
0:32.0	We got a lot of different places we could start.
0:33.8	We got a lot of different places we could start.
0:35.4	But I think we have to start by saying, hey, we fucking last episode said, hey, let's get Joe West on the pot and then we got Joe West in the pot.
0:43.3	That's a pretty good get.
0:44.7	That's a pretty good manifestation.
0:46.5	Yeah.
0:47.4	How did that happen?
0:48.6	Are we allowed to say, Jake?
0:51.1	Yeah.
0:52.4	I mean, someone reached out to you said they sauced him your number. And then I just found
0:58.6	some random guy's email who was attached to the podcast, shot him an email. And next thing you know,
1:03.7	he's popping up on a Zoom. Hey, that's why that's Jake's the producer because he fucking produces that's why it's it's that
1:12.9	easy I've always thought that it would be very cool I mean it's something that you and I talked a lot
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