Ump Joe West Sues Ex-Catcher Paul Lo Duca & Wins $500k Defamation Case

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  • KVB
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    • 05-29-14
    • 74817

    #1
    Ump Joe West Sues Ex-Catcher Paul Lo Duca & Wins $500k Defamation Case
    Lo Duca claimed he bribed West for a favorable strike zone by letting him borrow his 1957 Chevrolet.

    Joe West thought he wouldn't make the MLB Hall of Fame like Shoeless Joe Jackson, Barry Bonds and Pete Rose if the voters thought it was true.

    Can't make this shit up.

    Major league umpire Joe West was awarded $500,000 in damages plus interest dating to July 8 in a defamation suit against former All-Star catcher Paul Lo Duca.


    ...West's suit claimed Lo Duca said during the podcast that when the player was catching Billy Wagner during a New York Mets game against the Philadelphia Phillies in 2006 or 2007, West called three straight batters out on strikes. The umpire added that Lo Duca claimed Wagner told him the reason he got the calls was the pitcher had allowed West to drive his 1957 Chevy...
    "The court credits the plaintiff's testimony that one's integrity and character are primary measures that are applied to the assessment of an umpire's or player's quality and, thus, the consideration that he will be given for election to, and induction into, the Hall of Fame,"


  • big joe 1212
    SBR Posting Legend
    • 06-01-08
    • 19380

    #2
    Welcome to yesterday’s news KVB
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    • KVB
      SBR Aristocracy
      • 05-29-14
      • 74817

      #3
      Originally posted by big joe 1212
      Welcome to yesterday’s news KVB
      Yeah, the games and podcast are old and Lo Duca might have been a no show last year but I think the award was just announced yesterday.

      I suppose $500k makes up the potential to not get into the Hall of Fame, even though he already won the suit.

      Strange how the judge agreed about the Hall of Fame potential and then they put a dollar amount on that, as the defamation.
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      • jjgold
        SBR Aristocracy
        • 07-20-05
        • 388179

        #4
        LoDuca a compulsive gambler

        Glad the umpire won
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        • pologq
          SBR Posting Legend
          • 10-07-12
          • 19899

          #5
          Originally posted by jjgold
          LoDuca a compulsive gambler

          Glad the umpire won
          LoDuca loves betting the ponies
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          • jjgold
            SBR Aristocracy
            • 07-20-05
            • 388179

            #6
            That is what happens when you have a big mouth
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            • slayer14
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              • 08-12-13
              • 22010

              #7
              More lives ruined
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              • lonegambler23
                SBR Hall of Famer
                • 06-22-16
                • 9760

                #8
                joe west was always shady
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                • stake1
                  SBR Posting Legend
                  • 12-19-18
                  • 18116

                  #9
                  The singing cowboy. Blown more calls in one year than Angel Hernandez’s entire career
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                  • pologq
                    SBR Posting Legend
                    • 10-07-12
                    • 19899

                    #10
                    Originally posted by stake1
                    The singing cowboy. Blown more calls in one year than Angel Hernandez’s entire career
                    which one is worse?
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                    • stake1
                      SBR Posting Legend
                      • 12-19-18
                      • 18116

                      #11
                      Originally posted by pologq
                      which one is worse?
                      I gotta go with Joe. He’s an all-time awful ump
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                      • stake1
                        SBR Posting Legend
                        • 12-19-18
                        • 18116

                        #12
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                        • jjgold
                          SBR Aristocracy
                          • 07-20-05
                          • 388179

                          #13
                          Lo Duca has to pay this

                          No idea how he could get out of it

                          They dropped lawsuit against action network

                          Lo Duca cannot seem to hold jobs I wonder why??
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