When Joe West umpired his first game, Hank Aaron was still playing, albeit in the other league.
- Umpire Joe West set the all-time record for games umpired last night when he umpired his 5,376 game, breaking the record of Hall-of-Fame umpire Bill Klem. The San Diego Chicken was there to award him a bouquet of flowers.
- ESPN reprinted this profile of West by Tim Kurkjian from last fall. It’s all still true.
- The game that West was behind the plate for was the White Sox and the Cardinals, where former high school teammates Lucas Giolito and Jack Flaherty matched up against each other for the first time.