Nationals GM Mike Rizzo Ejected by Joe West for Not Wearing a Mask

[stealthyburrito]

While standing alone in a suite several stories and 200+ feet away from the nearest person

[stealthyburrito]

Joe West can be heard telling the Braves dugout to call security because he wasn’t wearing a mask

[jjgold]

[pavyracer]

[stealthyburrito]

Someone pls embed the video. It is easily the Most absurd ejection in baseball History.

And Joe West in a mask....no, no. Humans shouldn’t look like that in a mask.

[KVB]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Joe West calls security to get someone kicked out of the game. <a href="https://t.co/pr9WYkYE1M">pic.twitter.com/pr9WYkYE1M</a></p>&mdash; handlit33 (@handlit33) <a href="https://twitter.com/handlit33/status/1302694010771963905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" >September 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Bostongambler]

🤡 show joe west is

[KVB]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mike Rizzo apparently was ejected from Sunday&#39;s matchup with the Braves. <a href="https://t.co/NQFoF3Jiuj">pic.twitter.com/NQFoF3Jiuj</a></p>&mdash; Nationals on MASN (@masnNationals) <a href="https://twitter.com/masnNationals/status/1302713771266375685?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" >September 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[KVB]

The verdict is still out on whether this was a mask issue or just a "toss the fukker for yelling shit" issue.

Either way, he was in the third deck.

[pologq]

joe west needs to seriously start considering salads

[Booya711]

This whole mask wearing fiasco is just a big joke....fukk joe west the fat fukk

[Mr. Teaser]

joe west needs to seriously start considering salads

That mask he wore was stretched to the limit.

[Emily_Haines]

I would have come down and tossed a shitload of those cutouts on the field

Fuk that dumb ump.

[stealthyburrito]

The verdict is still out on whether this was a mask issue or just a "toss the fukker for yelling shit" issue.

Either way, he was in the third deck.

Joe was daydreaming. Why else would he notice a singular person in the upper decks

[KVB]

I would have come down and tossed a shitload of those cutouts on the field

Fuk that dumb ump.

It would pretty funny to see someone raging through the seats tearing apart cutouts, punching and tossing them around.

[MinnesotaFats]

Joe West pro Biden for sure

[stealthyburrito]

Joe West pro Biden for sure

The guy never thought the virus is as bad as it is. Pretty sure Biden wears his mask on the toilet

https://sports.yahoo.com/umpire-joe-west-skeptical-of-coronavirus-deaths-wont-opt-out-of-mlb-season-171352740.html

[cincinnatikid513]

pretty sure he wasn't thrown out because of a mask , but because he was talking too much

Rizzo, West said, had been yelling at umpires from his suite, saying things like “you’re brutal.” Because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the lack of fans in the stadium, everything can be heard down on the field.

[milwaukee mike]

The guy never thought the virus is as bad as it is. Pretty sure Biden wears his mask on the toilet

https://sports.yahoo.com/umpire-joe-...171352740.html

notice how the news totally lies? cdc even admitted that only 6% of the reported covid deaths have covid listed as the only cause of death (meaning they died from something else)... so joe was right all along.

“I don’t believe in my heart that all these deaths have been from the coronavirus. I believe it may have contributed to some of the deaths. I said, ‘I’m not going to opt out. I’m going to work. And I’m going to work until you take me off the field or I get hurt, whatever. I’m working.’”

West didn’t offer any explanation or reasoning behind that opinion, which is completely incorrect, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

[jjgold]

good job actually rules are rules

[SamsNCharge99]

Says the ump not wearing a mask over his own nose


what a joke

[44 Mag]

pretty sure he wasn't thrown out because of a mask , but because he was talking too much

Rizzo, West said, had been yelling at umpires from his suite, saying things like “you’re brutal.” Because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the lack of fans in the stadium, everything can be heard down on the field.

Initially, it was thought that he ejected Rizzo for not wearing a mask while sitting in one of Truist Park’s upper deck, but it turns out that West had heard enough of Rizzo’s remarks that he could hear in a mostly empty stadium. ESPN

[pavyracer]

He was taunting the umpire and calling his calls bad. Since there were no fans he could hear him from up there. The mask was just the excuse to kick him out. The guy got what he deserved.

[MinnesotaFats]

He's on audio explicity detailing he wants security to remove him, he's not wearing a mask.

Other than that, unless profanity is being used, I'm not sure West was in the right to remove him.

The union needs to suspend Joe West.

[stealthyburrito]

He's on audio explicity detailing he wants security to remove him, he's not wearing a mask.

Other than that, unless profanity is being used, I'm not sure West was in the right to remove him.

The union needs to suspend Joe West.

To think anything else is silly

[DOM-Ganador]

West is just one of those "officials/umps/refs/etc." to refuse to accept the fact that fans do not pay their hard earned money to see them.
It is a very insecure fraternity all with very thin skin and the overwhelming need to be the center of attention.

Reminds me of someone else who will be out of a job soon.

[stevenash]

West and Rizzo are both idiots.