West was born in 1910 in Walker, Northumberland, the sixth child of Joseph West, a colliery deputy, and his wife Alice.
He played football as a centre forward for Walker Park, from where he signed for Newcastle United in May 1932 after scoring all five Newcastle goals in a trial appearance in a friendly match. He spent 18 months with the club, never appeared for the first team, and, described as a speedy inside forward, moved on to Cardiff City in November 1933. He made six appearances in the Third Division South and scored twice, in a 3–1 defeat to Luton Town in December and a 4–2 victory over Bournemouth in January 1934, and was released on a free transfer at the end of the season.
West joined North Eastern League club Walker Celtic, scored four goals against North Shields on his debut, and two days later moved back into the Football League with Darlington. In January 1935, he scored 10 goals for Darlington Reserves as they beat West Stanley 12–2 in the North Eastern League, and was the top scorer for the reserve side, but could not dislodge the profific Jerry Best from the first team. He played only twice in the Third Division North, when Best was unavailable, and scored once: Darlington's fourth goal in a 4–1 defeat of Lincoln City in March. By November, he was back with Walker Celtic.
A few years later, West was the home plate umpire during the 1988 playoff game in which pitcher Jay Howell was ejected for having pine tar on his glove. In 1990, he threw pitcher Dennis Cook to the ground while attempting to break up a fight. West resigned during the 1999 Major League Umpires Association mass resignation, but was rehired in 2002. Since then, he has umpired throughout MLB. In a 2004 playoff game between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees, West's crew made a controversial decision that necessitated police presence to calm the crowd. He served as crew chief for the 2005 World Series.
"We played as a team. It was all about hard work."
"All the work, the sweat and hard practices, this makes it worth it now. I'm looking forward to playing."
"We offered to work for free."
"The rule states that he has to stay in that running lane during the last half of the distance, which he was not. So whether the ball hit him or not, he interfered with Erstad trying to catch the ball."
"Whether the ball hit him or not, he interfered with Erstad trying to catch the ball, ... I don't think they can see that from the dugout. In fact, I think the only people who can see it are us standing on the line and the first baseman trying to catch the ball. So when I told (Joe Torre) what happened, he was upset, naturally, because it took them out of the inning, but he didn't argue the rule."
"He was just a great partner. That's the big thing umpires look for -- working together."
"He was just a great partner."
"West said. ''That's the big thing umpires look for: working together."
"I think we did just fine."
"You get to play in a college coliseum and it's like the next level. When we came here, we went to work and it was eat, drink and sleep basketball. The practices were an awful lot of hard work, but it was all worth it. We've been up and down the court since we got here."
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Aiken Standard
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