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Originally Posted by rpumpire
I'm guessing that West's fine has more to do with his publicist (!) releasing what series West was going to be umpiring ahead of time and inviting media contact. I doubt it has anything directly to do with the on-field incident with Chicago.
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Considering the source from this MLB.com article
"Umpire Joe West and White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen and pitcher Mark Buehrle were all fined an undisclosed amount of money by Major League Baseball on Friday for their part in an incident that involved called balks earlier this week, a person with knowledge of the situation told MLB.com.
No suspensions were levied. A spokesman for MLB declined to comment and would not confirm nor deny the financial sanctions. "
I doubt that West was fined, someone in MLB probaby threw that tidbit out to satisfy the angry press.
And on the topic of West being a bad umpire, being selected to work the World Series last year sort of negates that.