A major league umpire won a defamation suit against a former Mets catcher who claimed in a podcast that a teammate once bribed the other man behind the plate with a ’57 Chevy.
Joe West awarded $500,000 in damages against Paul Lo Duca
By RONALD BLUMApril 13, 2021 GMT
FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2019, file photo, umpire Joe West stands on the field during a baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Washington Nationals in Washington. Major league umpire 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. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2019, file photo, umpire Joe West stands on the field during a baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Washington Nationals in Washington. Major league umpire 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. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
2021/04/13 11:38 NEW YORK (AP) 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. New York Supreme Court Justice John J. Kelley issued his decision Monday in a lawsuit West filed in October 2019 against Lo Duca and The Action Network. The network was dismissed from the suit last July, when Kelley granted a motion by West for a default judgment against Lo Duca. West contended that Lo Duca said during an April 18, 2019, podcast on The Action Network that he had been ejected 15 times during his major league career and eight or nine had been by West.
<div class="at-above-post addthis tool" data-url="https://www.metro.us/ump-joe-west-wins/"></div>Umpire Joe West was awarded $500,000 plus interest on Monday after winning a defamation lawsuit against former major league player Paul Lo Duca. Judge John Kelley of Manhattan (N.Y.) Supreme Court rendered the decision. Lo Duca had said on “The Favorites” podcast on the Action Network in April 2019 that West had once agreed to […]<! AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get the excerpt ><! AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get the excerpt ><! AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get the excerpt ><! AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get the excerpt ><! AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get the excerpt ><div class="at-below-post addthis tool" data-url="https://www.metro.us/ump-joe-west-wins/"></div><! AddThis Share Button
Apr 13, 2021
Rougned Odor made is debut with the New York Yankees over the weekend and, like all Yankees players, is now clean shaven. While with the Texas Rangers, Odor had a massive beard. Now with the Yankees, he has the clean shaven look. Drew said the baseball term for a guy that is not very good looking is “mullion”. Plus he and Czabe talk umpires as current umpire union president Joe West just won a defamation lawsuit against former player Paul LoDuca for $500,000 because LoDuca told a story on a podcast about West changing his strike zone for Billy Wagner. (Photo/Getty Images)