Major League Baseball has made another transparent pro Red Sox move by naming Joe West the crew chief for the Angels-Red Sox ALDS matchup. In case you forgot, West is the same bag of doughnuts who ejected Hunter, Hatcher, and Speier after Beckett acted like a  masshole during a Bobby Abreu at bat that ended with benches clearing and Nick Adenhart comments raging. In my opinion, it was more appalling than Rick Reed's debacle with the missed strike call. There is at least room for the excuse of a human error in that instance. This was blatant favoritism. MLB immediately suspended Beckett it was so blatant.

There are three other crew chief options to go with, and we magically ended up with this sorry excuse for American umpiring. I would find it odd that MLB pulled this move, but I am sure everyone knows why I am hardly surprised. Let's hope everything goes smoothly... 

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