Joe West, 4 other ex-umpires sue over MLB retirement plan

posted by u/PrincessBananas85 · 2026-11-05 22:56 UTC

(Link/image post, original: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/50392405/joe-west-4-other-ex-umpires-sue-mlb-retirement-plan）

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2. u/JustCallMeMambo · 2026-11-05 23:15 UTC

the umpires’ union didn’t wanna get involved in a pension dispute? now that there is a dogshit union

3. u/SavingThrowVsWTF · 2026-11-05 23:21 UTC

“It's not a big union and they're not pension experts.”

Literally the next sentence. I wouldn’t want anyone fighting for my pension if they have no experience with pensions. That’s what lawyers are for.

4. u/mbklein · 2026-11-06 00:02 UTC

Umpires aren’t pension experts, either. But the union could have hired a lawyer just as easily as the five individual plaintiffs did.

5. u/SavingThrowVsWTF · 2026-11-06 01:58 UTC

That’s not how it works.

6. u/JustCallMeMambo · 2026-11-06 02:22 UTC

that's exactly how it's supposed to work. when one or more of your members has a grievance, the union steps in and represents you. "i don't know about pensions" is a shit excuse and i'd be looking into suing that union next. what the fuck did i pay dues for?

7. u/SuitableGain4565 · 2026-11-06 05:23 UTC

It's probably a really weak union though? I mean umpires have been blind forever and there's probably about 80 MLB umpires.

I guess I don't know what union they have, but I would bet it's very weak

8. u/SavingThrowVsWTF · 2026-11-06 03:42 UTC

Wow! I bet they didn’t think of that!

Just kidding. They didn’t think of that because that’s not how it works.