Dodgers use umpire Joe West’s country album as walk-up music

The Los Angeles Dodgers had a clever and devious idea this weekend. For their game against the Atlanta Braves on Sunday, they decided to use some very, very special walk-up music. Dodgers players appear to be using Joe West walk-up music with umpire Joe West behind the plate Sunday. West has... https://t.co/mhCL1UWKQH — Doug Padilla (@DougPadilla) June 5, 2016 ESPN's Doug Padilla spoke to Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, who revealed the originator of this brilliant idea. "That was Chase [Utley]'s idea," Roberts added. "We could only find six songs, though, so we had to kind of loop them. I think Joe enjoyed that." Umpires are people, too. Unlike baseball players, who often have their non-baseball activities publicized by their team or the public, we typically never see umpires beyond the diamond. But that doesn't mean their lives end there, of course. [ Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball contest now ] Joe West's non-baseball life has included releasing two country albums. The first one, "Blue Cowboy," was released in 1987 and features a mix of original West tunes and covers. Even though West's website looks like it was designed in 1998 or so, you can listen to clips of the...