Cowboy Joe West's History of Getting Hit by Baseballs

[Lindsay]

When Red Sox catcher Christian Vazquez's errant throw struck 2B Umpire Joe West during Saturday's ALCS Game 1 in Boston, the former Elon College football QB took it like a champ, which isn't the first time baseball's Blue Cowboy has literally become part of the game. The Play: With one out and one...

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[BT_Blue]

I saw this live and was wondering what happened. Then they showed the replay! were all reactions to how bad the throw was.

The most entertaining part of that whole play was the TV broadcast talking about how Joe saved Boston from a minimum of R3 at best and a three base error at worst. Noting that the fans in Boston shouldn't have booed Joe since he actually saved them from a worse fate. Lol

[Maineac]

I wasn't convinced the Sox fans were booing Joe West as much as the terrible throw by Vazquez and the overall sleepwalk of an effort by the home team. Kind of low hanging fruit for the announcers to go that route. That being said, that play gave Joe West one more defensive play than Eduardo Nunez had at third base all night.

[dumbdumb]

Great job of preventing a passed ball. Better job than some catchers i have viewed recently.

[BT_Blue]

5 hours ago, dumbdumb said:

Great job of preventing a passed ball. Better job than some catchers i have viewed recently.

Like Maldonado getting beat 3-hole on a Verlander bouncer.