San Francisco Giants ace Madison Bumgarner has a reputation for being one of the more fiery pitchers in baseball. And Joe West has a reputation for being — well, how should we put this nicely? — the most contentious ump in the game. And that's not just our opinion. You need only to search West's name on the Internet to see words like "awful" and "idiocy." So you can see how the combination of Bumgarner and West could be combustible. And, to little surprise, it was Thursday night. [ Play a Daily Fantasy contest for cash today! ] Watch the video above for a good ol' pitcher-umpire staredown. West steps outside of his usual position and stares down Bumgarner for 17 or 18 seconds. Bumgarner's not one to back down from chopping a tree or dressing up like Paul Bunyan , so he dang sure isn't going to back away from an umpire. It was quite a performance between these two and it continued into the postseason interviews, where Bumgarner's response to John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle is worth a chuckle: "Joe was behind the plate?" asked Bumgarner, showing his serious look. "I don't pay attention to the umpires. I didn't even realize he was back there." Yeah, we could see...
Madison Bumgarner gets into an intense staredown with ump Joe West
Published September 25, 2015 at 1:40 PM
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