Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia says that comments made by umpire Joe West about the pace of games between Boston and New York were "ridiculous." "To call the Yankees and Red Sox, two of the best teams in baseball, 'pathetic' and 'embarrassing,' that's just ridiculous," Pedroia said. "If he doesn't want to do Red Sox and Yankee games, he should tell the umpires' union. Then when we're in the World Series, he'll be out of that assignment, too." Pedroia also said it was "just wrong" for an umpire to publicly criticize teams when he's supposed to be an impartial observer. "What he doesn't understand is that when we don't do well in these games against the Yankees, we get killed," Pedroia said. "So if I'm going to take a deep breath and focus before I get in the box, I'm going to do it. "There are a lot of good hitters on both teams, a lot of pitches thrown. That's just the way these games are played."