Ep. 341: Mending fences with umpire Joe West

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.7 • 620 Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Chuck Garfien sat down with controversial umpire Joe West. They spoke about the time he called two balks on Mark Buehrle and kicked him out of the game, being on the receiving end of so much criticism, the most vicious fans in baseball, how he mended fences and became friends with Hawk Harrelson, filming the baseball scene in "Naked Gun," robotic umps and more.(1:39) - Umpiring the 2005 World Series(2:16) - Calling balks on Mark Buehrle(5:38) - Fan bases that may like him (Joe West)(7:01) - Relationship with Hawk Harrelson(10:16) - Appearance on "Naked Gun"(18:28) - Robot Umpires(25:19) - A. J. Pierzynski tells the story of getting thrown out by Joe West

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0:00.0	You are listening to the White Sox Talk podcast.
0:08.9	It's brought to you.
0:10.1	As always, by WinTrust.
0:12.1	Chuck Arfine with you.
0:13.7	Hope you're enjoying the holidays,
0:15.3	the balmy holidays so far here in Chicago.
0:19.2	On the podcast today, it's a conversation with umpire Joe West.
0:25.3	We're going to talk about what it's like to be on the receiving end of so much criticism.
0:29.8	The time he famously called not one but two balks on Mark Burley and threw him out of a game.
0:36.3	How he has somehow become friends with Hawk Harrelson who once called Joe on the air.
0:41.3	A flat out disgrace to the umpiring profession.
0:45.3	We also talk about the fan base. It's the most vicious in baseball towards him.
0:50.3	Robotic umps filming the baseball scene in the movie N gun and more so it is joe west on the white
0:58.8	socks talk podcast this actually happened let's do it white socks white socks go go white sox
1:06.4	the ball hit deep way back. Deep time, God!
1:12.2	Holy cow!
1:13.6	Charlton says has put the White Sox ahead.
1:15.8	Jimenez leaves the ballpark.
1:18.7	You can put it on the board.
1:21.5	Yes.
1:22.5	We've got to change to something real special.
1:24.8	All right, sit back, relax, and strap it down.
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