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Joe West Biography:
MLB Umpire:
Crew
Chief
Major League Service Time:
25 Years
Career: Joined the major
league staff in 1978...has worked the All-Star Game (1987), Division Series (1995, 2002), League Championship Series (1981, 86, 88, 93, 96) and World Series (1993, 97)...previously
umpired in the Western Carolinas League (1974), Florida
Instructional League (1974-76), Carolina League (1975-76), Southern League (1976), American Association (1976-77) and Puerto Rican League (1977).
Personal:
Joseph Henry West...born on October 31, 1952 in Asheville,
NC...currently
resides in Weston, FL...married Jean Jo Mason...designed and patented Wilson
Sporting Goods umpire equipment for Major League Baseball...attended East
Carolina and Elon College...inducted into the South Atlantic League Hall of Fame
in 2002...Quarterback of the Elon College football team, MVP in his senior
year...elected to the Elon College Sports Hall of Fame.
Singer/songwriter: Joe
has performed with Merle Haggard, Bobby Mackey, Bonnie Owens, Mickey Gilley, Box
Car Willie, T.G. Sheppard and Charlie McCoy and the Hee Haw Band at the Grand
Ole Opry.
Buy his hit CD, "Blue Cowboy" here!
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