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Angel Hernandez and the retired Joe West are consistently on everyone’s bad ump bottom 3 list. There are others…. But it’s not just balls and strikes. There have been times when his normal base calls (safe or out) were reversed by video replay…. Multiple times in one game. It wouldn’t be so bad if he was not so stubborn and cocky. The same goes for “Cowboy” Joe West.
Angel gets talked about more, but if I recall correctly, C. B. Bucknor is statistically the worst umpire in the league. Any time I see Bucknor behind the plate I know I'm about to be angry for the next 3 hours and pray that we just hit home runs because nothing is going to get called correctly. They're both absolutely terrible though.
The thing that kills me about C.B. Bucknor is that he was blessed with one of the coolest names of all-time, and what does he do with it? Completely ruins it. How is it even possible to have a name that awesome but still suck so bad? Like, try to imagine if D’Brickashaw Ferguson had been a terrible O-Lineman - see, you can’t do it. But C.B. Bucknor found a way…
Just for further context, pitchers and hitters will simply adjust if the strike zone is is 'bad' as long as it's consistently called so they know what that particular ump thinks is a ball or strike. What makes Hernandez terrible is that his strike zone is inconsistently bad and what makes him the worst is that he has a massive ego, as evidenced by his lawsuit, so he's more than willing to throw players and coaches out of the game if they argue with him
This is why the Umpire scorecards are so good. When they show the red shadow or whatever you wanna call it which is theoretically "his strike zone" is absolutely laughable. Ends up looking like that purple Pokemon thats just a gloop lmfao
Exactly this. Players will get annoyed, but it's easy enough to adjust if you know one ump tends to have a slightly wider zone (usually referred to as calling/giving strikes east and west) or a slightly taller zone (north and south). There are also cases where if a pitch is right on the line, it might be better to swing as such calls can generally go either way, and sometimes it is better to try swinging as opposed to hoping you get a ball on what is essentially a coin flip. Hell, even fans will look at a borderline call and say "Well, it's annoying, but you got to be ready to swing there." Angel is just beyond bad. As you've seen, it isn't just a matter of he gives more north/south or east/west, or that good players are getting screwed by very close calls. Angel just has an absolutely special "talent" for calling shit that's a foot or more off the plate as a strike, or stuff that's right in the zone as a ball. In fact, with most umps you can generally look at their scorecard from previous games and get an idea of how that ump tends to call a game (this guy has a wider zone, this guy calls high strikes, his borderline calls lean towards being balls, etc.). Angel just has zero consistency. As a hitter or pitcher, there is no preparing for a game with Angel. The only real way to survive a game with Angel at home plate is to get the ball into play somehow and hope he's making less bad calls against your own team. Hell, you can't even count on him covering 1st, 2nd, or 3rd. He'll call guys that are safe by a mile as out (and vice versa) and essentially waste everyone's time by usually forcing a team mangers to challenge a play early (and sometimes often). The guy can't even get check swing appeals right when he's covering 1st/3rd. If there was ever a man that could demonstrate just how much protection a union can give towards people that are completely terrible and incompetent at their job, it is Angel Hernandez. I think it's safe to say that baseball fans everywhere will celebrate when he retires, and nobody will shed a tear when he dies. EDIT: Also, it's funny that you mentioned "They should just play this in court" at about 6:20 in the video. That's literally what MLB did! They played a video showing how terrible Angel is at his job!
One of my favorite Jomboy vids is the 1984 Padres vs Braves brawl. It was an absolutely insane, epic baseball war and Jomboy does a fantastic job breaking it down.
Back in the day, we actually had brawls. My favorite part of that one is the Bob Horner-Champ Summers standoff. I've seen the same thing in bar parking lots so many times, it makes the MLB version soooo funny.
Angel Hernandez was officiating at one of the games at West Ham's stadium a couple years back. I was really impressed at how knowledgeable the local fans were: they knew to boo the shit out of that guy.
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Jomboy's lip reading is pretty incredible. I think I remember him saying that whenever he hears from players or managers about his breakdowns after the fact, about 80-90% are spot on.
Jomboy is awesome. If you're going to do his 'breakdown' series where he lip-reads, I suggest "Iowa State Coach loses his mind, a breakdown" and "Nick Saban gets un unsportsmanlike conduct penalty defending fun, a breakdown". Both are hilarious. Keep up the good work, guys, love it.
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@@DNReacts His videos are a great insight on what a baseball fan is watching and enjoying about the game moment-to-moment. He also has a great eye for fun oddities that surround the actual gameplay. He's perfect for a casual or beginning baseball fan. It's awesome that you guys are keyed in to him.
Side note: I love the gasp from anticipation of a bad call at 3:55 lmao. When an umpire is so bad you EXPECT the call to be outrageous, there's definitely a problem. Angel Hernandez is just...a mystery. Of course, everyone's human, and people make mistakes....but when a person is MORE CONSISTENT getting the call wrong (not just behind the plate, calling if someone is out) than whether a pitch was a ball or strike....they don't deserve to ump in any game. It's like watching a ref in footy call penalties on someone who made little to no contact with another player, but then think it's "clean" to kick in another player's knee caps.
Angel Hernandez tried to sue MLB for not letting him on the World Series crew, and in the last world series we had the first umpire perfect game (no inaccurate ball/strike calls) since it started being tracked. Pat Hoberg, who is the guy who called the game, is also relatively young at 36, and Hernandez is 61. Usually it's the younger umpires who are better at calling things correctly, and all the bad ones stick around thanks to union protection
I know I am really late on this video, but any long time baseball fan has a story of Angel Hernandez being a pretty bad umpire. As a Cubs fan, I remember that he blew a call at home plate in the top of the 7th at Wrigley and gave the visiting team a free run, and an extra out, which turned in to more runs. As is tradition at Wrigley (and most places), they sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame", but they had a guest conductor at Wrigley to honor the late Harry Caray, who was famous for his renditions. The guest conductor was a professional wrestler and before he started singing, he said he'd have a few words with the home plate umpire (Angel Hernandez) in the parking lot after the game. After the stretch and going in to the Cubs half of the 7th, they usually interview the guest conductor, but during the commercial, Angel Hernandez ejected the guest singer, and stadium security came to the home broadcast booth to escort him out of Wrigley Field. I don't think I've ever seen anything like it before, nor will I ever see anything like it again.
Schwarber actually has a pretty good eye at the plate. He could probably call a more accurate game from the batter's box than Hernandez does from behind the plate.
Angel Hernandez is like the equivalent Lee mason. This particular one was from the early stages of last season but it happened again like a week later.
As a part-time chef, if I screw up a dish and someone calls me on it, I don't take it personally, because everyone messes up occasionally and it's an opportunity to get better. HOWEVER, I screw up something 11 times, it's not crazy for someone to say ”hey, I see a pattern here, I think you might just be bad at your job." I say "no, I don't suck, you are mean for pointing it out." That'd be Hernandez in a nutshell.
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Angel Hernandez has long been considered the worst umpire in baseball. Everyone from players to fans have collectively groaned in frustration anytime he is announced in a crew.
I just wanna say you guys are awesome. The fact you are interested in baseball at all, as a huge fan of the sport, it's very cool to see not just one but two guys from across the pond actually wanting to watch and grasp what you are watching. Super super cool man. I will continue to watch you guys evolve into american sports fans for sure.
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Another to add to the Jomboy list is the breakdown of the Shohei Ohtani vs Mike Trout at bat that just happened in the World Baseball Classic. The probably two best players in the world (and teammates in the MLB) representing their countries and squaring off with the WBC championship on the line.
Ive said many times the toughest position in any sport is a MLB umpire ,the fans hate you the players hate you the managers hate you.Yes they do make a few bad calls, but they are usually very good.
Angel Hernandez isn’t the only really bad umpire. The most notable one is Joe West. Joe was mainly known for being really lazy behind the plate and missing blatant calls. He actually recently retired and started a podcast where he talks about his experiences as an umpire and occasionally will have some MLB players and managers come on the show. But i’m sure you can find a video of some of his worst calls
I highly recommend Jon Bois videos as well. Some of his best ones: Scoragami, The Search for the Saddest Punt, and What if Barry Bonds played baseball without a bat?
Nice reaction. I like that sometimes you go outside the typical "highlight compilation" videos. Don't get me wrong - I love highlight videos - but i think you are getting a better understanding of the game this way. Thanks for posting this.
Thanks Jedd, that’s what we wanted to do, the compilation reactions are too easy. We wanted to learn along the way as well. We are glad you enjoy it as much as we do!
to give some context, most players understand that every ump has a different zone. The players adjust to what the ump likes and are happy as long they are consistent.
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Angel is so bad, he once had the person singing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame”, during a 7th inning stretch at Wrigley, call him out over the mic. All while Angel just looked up and stared into the booth…😂
Angel Hernandez had one of the most accurate games called all year last year. Jays and Blue Jays. But yes, this is normal for him too, more bad than good. Any umpire who has name recognition is because they are infamous. And he's at the top of the list.
There is a Jomboy vid where he does a breakdown on an ump that called a perfect game or close to it. We get caught up with the bad umps and sometimes take for granted that many umps are trying to do a good job. So it's good to give credit to the umps when it is deserved.
On the opposite side of the spectrum, Pat Hoberg called a perfect game in the world series last season. He's the GOAT. There are videos about this too.
I think the fact that Angel Hernandez's name is known by most MLB fans speaks to how bad his calls are. When they get the calls right, we dont learn their names.
I umpired ball for over 25 years starting in Little League and eventually national high school age tournaments. I also did some college baseball. I have to say that all of those pitches just off the plate are usually strikes in amatuer baseball. Otherwise the games would last forever because batters would just leave the bat on their shoulder until ball four.
You guys should definitely check out the exact opposite of this video to get an idea of a good umpire with the Jomboy video called, “Umpire calls a perfect game in the World Series, a breakdown”. As much as we make fun of the bad ones, we always have to recognize the good ones. Also, your content is amazing. Keep it up!
Coming from a 2015 graduate of the professional umpire academy in Vero Beach, Florida, all umpires miss a call from time to time due to speed of the game at higher levels. But Angel Hernandez and C.B. Buckner have consistently made bad calls due to their inability to get into proper positions to make the correct call or track balls into the strike zone
When it comes to "Which Ump is the worst?" question, everyone, who has spent a long time watching Baseball, always has that one Ump they can't stand. Some names like Angel Hernandez, Joe West, Ron Kulpa, C.B. Bucknor, and so on, have a special place in our brains that live on in pure angst towards these guys who just make the wrong calls or did something that an Umpire should not do (like egging on a player, grabbing a player, or making the game about themselves rather than just calling the game).
This is not to defend Angel Hernandez in any way, he truly is that bad, but to try and give the rest of the umps a break; something to remember is the box you're seeing on screen isn't usually perfectly accurate to the batter's actual strike zone, at least vertically. Horizontally it's mostly trustworthy since Home Plate can't change size but vertically the zone is different for every player
What is shown are not mistakes. He continues this year. In a recent game the Texas had the bases loaded and he called three balls far outside as strikes to eliminate the hitter.
The thing to know is, this is not typical. MLB umpires in general are very good at their jobs, and they take pride in getting their calls right. Angel Hernandez is just kind of the exception that proves the rule. He's a terrible umpire, especially behind the plate calling balls and strikes. If you want to see the ultimate umpire argument video, check out "Earl Weaver's legendary tirade at Bill Haller [w/optional captions]." It's not a Jomboy video, because no lip reading is required -- the umpire Bill Haller was mic'd up for a documentary film someone was making. Earl Weaver was a manager with a famously explosive temper, and when Haller makes a call against Weaver's pitcher it's pure fireworks.
That video is at least a year old, the DH rule became universal in 2022. Prior to that the American League had the DH rule, and the pitchers had to hit in the National League
Previously on Angle Hernandez.... 8/7//01 I'm a Cubs fan from way back, it is my cross to bare in life. Since you guys went to see the Cubs in London you know the tradition of singing Take me Out To The Ballgame during the 7th Inning Stretch. Steve “Mongo” McMichael (former Chicago Bears football player and WCW wrestler) had the honor on that day. After Angel blew a call earlier in the game, Mongo announced “Don't worry, I'll have some speaks with that home plate umpire after the game.” During the commercial break, Hernandez had McMichael ejected from the press box. Below is the ESPN re-cap of the game. Spoiler Alert! If you watch carefully at the end, Angel even reverses his own call!!!! th-cam.com/video/x6tKl30Ix6I/w-d-xo.html Side note: Joe Girardi, the manager in this video, “Its just so bad Angel” was the batter in the 9th inning on that day in August 2001
Here's a thing though. Kyle Schwarber has been consistently called out on that exact pitch off the outside edge of the plate for his entire career. It's never been a strike.
Welcome to the dark side of MLB. Hernandez is not just an embarrassment to MLB umpires, he is an embarrassment to all sports officials at every level around the world. He once had something like three calls (maybe more) overturned at first base in a playoff game. If you were to plug his name into the TH-cam search box you would be bombarded with videos showcasing his absolute incompetence. I used to be an amateur baseball and softball umpire. I worked with more than one umpire who was really bad on more than one occasion. It's absolutely terrifying to work with someone like that.
I was watching this game with my mom, and as I mentioned in another video, I don1't understand much of baseball, but the whole game seemed so strange that even my mom thought something was wrong, even I could see when it was a ball and he called strike and vice versa. If someone who doesn't undertand everything can clearly see his mistakes, that's proof of him being a bad umpire.
Watched this game live. It was a nationally televised game and having Angel Hernandez umpire this game was ridiculous. **Jomboy actually left a comment on your last Jomboy video! You guys definitely made it! Haha
He does a breakdown for an ump who literally called all the pitches correctly. "Umpire has a perfect game" or somesuch. It's important to know that it's possible.
Angel Hernandez is an anomaly in the league. He's quite infamous for his decision making and the calls he makes. There are some other just strictly Angel Hernandez compilation videos that would give you a greater context for sure.
There's umpires who tend to make themselves the story in games and there's umpires who make bad call after bad call... he's the rare combination of both turned up to ten. He'll make a bad call then throw out someone from the dugout for something a fan said
You wondered about good umpires. Take a look at this Jomboy video where he talks about an umpire who called a perfect game of the World Series. Basically didn't make a bad call and was very consistent. It's impressive to watch. His name is Pat Hoberg. Ironically the game involved the same Kyle Schwarber and the Philadelphia Phillies. th-cam.com/video/nrdfAV08eIc/w-d-xo.html I just discovered your channel guys, and I love how you're taking the time to understand the nuances of American sports. It's great fun to watch, keep it up.
To translate to a language you can understand, Hernandez is to the MLB what Mike Dean is to English Football (only without the any of the funny moments)
They gotta watch the Jomboy clip from a few weeks back of the college ump who got himself suspended for that obnoxiously bad strikeout call. Made Angel Hernandez look like an.... angel.
2:32 A lot of those pitches were borderline and could go either way. Most players accept this as part of the game, but what really pisses them off is when the umpire is inconsistent on their strike calls. If an ump has been calling inside pitches strikes all game, then that's fine since the batters can adjust. But, if the ump starts calling the same pitch a ball or strike at random, then both the batters and pitchers are going to start to feel cheated.
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MLB ejections in general are awesome but please watch amir garrett and the reds fight pirates. Jomboy did that breakdown as well. Love him and my Reds.
You short short his videos by most popular and check out some of those! He has some really funny ones, personally my favorites are when he breaks down arguments/fights
Angel Hernandez is by far one of the worst umpires probably ever to call a game. A lot of people give cowboy Joe west a lot of heat as well, but his last couple years before he retired He actually got a lot better and whenever he called Braves game he was pretty impartial and had about 98% of the calls accurate.
So a lot of umpires call shit outside the zone but they are consistent with it like you just know if the ump has a larger zone and you just have to deal with it. But angel is really inconsistent with what he calls. He does it all the time he's infamous.
Weird stuff always happens with Angel Hernandez. He once started a game during a downpour in Pittsburgh and called the players off the field in the first inning after the rain started letting up! Bob Davidson really sucked too. He once threw four people, including a fan, out of a game in Milwaukee! Idk if you guys have soccer refs like this, but he yelled at people and provoked them to yell back so he could throw them out.
We have a lot of them too Julian. It’s somewhat reassuring to know it happens across all sports. But also infuriating too. Human error I understand but there has to be a limit for me
A few years ago I worked as a food service supervisor at a hospital. I spoke to a patient having a baby which was a wife of an MLB umpire. I asked who does your husband say is the worst in the league? She didn't even think about and said Angel Hernandez......
What you gotta understand is Angel Hernandez is not just a bad umpire. He is a barometer for anything bad… anything. “How was the food?” “Oh it was bad. Angel Hernandez bad.” “Oh that’s bad.”
@@DNReacts If someone doesn’t get it, show them your video. 1. You get new viewers and 2. The infamy of Angel Hernandez grows internationally… if it hasn’t already. Who knows? He’s THAT bad.
6:13 "is this the worst umpire" Yes, although CB Bucknor is not much better (the fact that we even know their names should tell you enough). If you want to see the best in the business I highly recommend Jomboy's video on Pat Hoberg, the only ump in recorded history to have called a perfect game behind the plate.
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How about Armando Galarraga's near-perfect game?
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“Aaron Boone gets ejected and gives a great rant, a breakdown” is a Jomboy lip reading masterpiece
Added to the list! Thank you!
@@DNReacts I just rewatched it. It is less lipreading and more of a hot mic situation. Still iconic
Bonnie is an excuse making cry baby. His 6th season with the Yankees and not even 1 world series appearance.
@@jimboscooter432 Its almost like getting to the WS is one of the hardest championships to make in sports....
Angel Hernandez and the retired Joe West are consistently on everyone’s bad ump bottom 3 list. There are others…. But it’s not just balls and strikes. There have been times when his normal base calls (safe or out) were reversed by video replay…. Multiple times in one game. It wouldn’t be so bad if he was not so stubborn and cocky. The same goes for “Cowboy” Joe West.
Thanks for the comment Jeff!
Joe West was proudly incompetent.
Now it's probably Angel, Bucknor, and Kulpa
Angel gets talked about more, but if I recall correctly, C. B. Bucknor is statistically the worst umpire in the league. Any time I see Bucknor behind the plate I know I'm about to be angry for the next 3 hours and pray that we just hit home runs because nothing is going to get called correctly. They're both absolutely terrible though.
The thing that kills me about C.B. Bucknor is that he was blessed with one of the coolest names of all-time, and what does he do with it? Completely ruins it. How is it even possible to have a name that awesome but still suck so bad? Like, try to imagine if D’Brickashaw Ferguson had been a terrible O-Lineman - see, you can’t do it. But C.B. Bucknor found a way…
Just for further context, pitchers and hitters will simply adjust if the strike zone is is 'bad' as long as it's consistently called so they know what that particular ump thinks is a ball or strike. What makes Hernandez terrible is that his strike zone is inconsistently bad and what makes him the worst is that he has a massive ego, as evidenced by his lawsuit, so he's more than willing to throw players and coaches out of the game if they argue with him
This is a great point. His inconsistency makes him so much worse.
This is why the Umpire scorecards are so good. When they show the red shadow or whatever you wanna call it which is theoretically "his strike zone" is absolutely laughable. Ends up looking like that purple Pokemon thats just a gloop lmfao
Exactly this. Players will get annoyed, but it's easy enough to adjust if you know one ump tends to have a slightly wider zone (usually referred to as calling/giving strikes east and west) or a slightly taller zone (north and south). There are also cases where if a pitch is right on the line, it might be better to swing as such calls can generally go either way, and sometimes it is better to try swinging as opposed to hoping you get a ball on what is essentially a coin flip. Hell, even fans will look at a borderline call and say "Well, it's annoying, but you got to be ready to swing there."
Angel is just beyond bad. As you've seen, it isn't just a matter of he gives more north/south or east/west, or that good players are getting screwed by very close calls. Angel just has an absolutely special "talent" for calling shit that's a foot or more off the plate as a strike, or stuff that's right in the zone as a ball. In fact, with most umps you can generally look at their scorecard from previous games and get an idea of how that ump tends to call a game (this guy has a wider zone, this guy calls high strikes, his borderline calls lean towards being balls, etc.). Angel just has zero consistency. As a hitter or pitcher, there is no preparing for a game with Angel. The only real way to survive a game with Angel at home plate is to get the ball into play somehow and hope he's making less bad calls against your own team.
Hell, you can't even count on him covering 1st, 2nd, or 3rd. He'll call guys that are safe by a mile as out (and vice versa) and essentially waste everyone's time by usually forcing a team mangers to challenge a play early (and sometimes often). The guy can't even get check swing appeals right when he's covering 1st/3rd.
If there was ever a man that could demonstrate just how much protection a union can give towards people that are completely terrible and incompetent at their job, it is Angel Hernandez. I think it's safe to say that baseball fans everywhere will celebrate when he retires, and nobody will shed a tear when he dies.
EDIT: Also, it's funny that you mentioned "They should just play this in court" at about 6:20 in the video. That's literally what MLB did! They played a video showing how terrible Angel is at his job!
One of my favorite Jomboy vids is the 1984 Padres vs Braves brawl. It was an absolutely insane, epic baseball war and Jomboy does a fantastic job breaking it down.
yeah this is a must watch
Back in the day, we actually had brawls. My favorite part of that one is the Bob Horner-Champ Summers standoff. I've seen the same thing in bar parking lots so many times, it makes the MLB version soooo funny.
Angel Hernandez was officiating at one of the games at West Ham's stadium a couple years back. I was really impressed at how knowledgeable the local fans were: they knew to boo the shit out of that guy.
Jomboy is perfect for y’all. You appreciate the humor and can learn a lot about the game from his videos, in a way you can’t from highlights or vids designed to explain rules and such
Jomboy media has grown quite a deal the law 3 years and it is obviously why, the comments, the edits , the lip reading, certain topics analysis. The comedy is just the icing on the cake. Such Delicious cake
Jomboy's lip reading is pretty incredible. I think I remember him saying that whenever he hears from players or managers about his breakdowns after the fact, about 80-90% are spot on.
Jomboy is awesome. If you're going to do his 'breakdown' series where he lip-reads, I suggest "Iowa State Coach loses his mind, a breakdown" and "Nick Saban gets un unsportsmanlike conduct penalty defending fun, a breakdown". Both are hilarious. Keep up the good work, guys, love it.
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Jomboy is a god-tier youtuber. Bro created a media empire on the back of these funny and informative lip reading videos. If you watch his library, you'll be properly primed to fully appreciate the game of Baseball
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Love the Jomboy vids, he's a great way to learn the nuance of the sport. Highly recommend his "Angels and Mariners benches clear, a breakdown" covering the biggest MLB fight of the last few years.
Seconding that. The breakdown of the brawl is excellent.
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@@DNReacts You will really laugh when you watch Jomboy's "Angels and Mariners benches clear, a breakdown". This happened last year.
@@DNReacts His videos are a great insight on what a baseball fan is watching and enjoying about the game moment-to-moment. He also has a great eye for fun oddities that surround the actual gameplay. He's perfect for a casual or beginning baseball fan. It's awesome that you guys are keyed in to him.
Side note: I love the gasp from anticipation of a bad call at 3:55 lmao. When an umpire is so bad you EXPECT the call to be outrageous, there's definitely a problem.
Angel Hernandez is just...a mystery. Of course, everyone's human, and people make mistakes....but when a person is MORE CONSISTENT getting the call wrong (not just behind the plate, calling if someone is out) than whether a pitch was a ball or strike....they don't deserve to ump in any game.
It's like watching a ref in footy call penalties on someone who made little to no contact with another player, but then think it's "clean" to kick in another player's knee caps.
Angel Hernandez tried to sue MLB for not letting him on the World Series crew, and in the last world series we had the first umpire perfect game (no inaccurate ball/strike calls) since it started being tracked. Pat Hoberg, who is the guy who called the game, is also relatively young at 36, and Hernandez is 61. Usually it's the younger umpires who are better at calling things correctly, and all the bad ones stick around thanks to union protection
oh my gosh as a Philadelphia phillies fan, this made me SOO MAD🤣🤣
I know I am really late on this video, but any long time baseball fan has a story of Angel Hernandez being a pretty bad umpire. As a Cubs fan, I remember that he blew a call at home plate in the top of the 7th at Wrigley and gave the visiting team a free run, and an extra out, which turned in to more runs. As is tradition at Wrigley (and most places), they sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame", but they had a guest conductor at Wrigley to honor the late Harry Caray, who was famous for his renditions. The guest conductor was a professional wrestler and before he started singing, he said he'd have a few words with the home plate umpire (Angel Hernandez) in the parking lot after the game. After the stretch and going in to the Cubs half of the 7th, they usually interview the guest conductor, but during the commercial, Angel Hernandez ejected the guest singer, and stadium security came to the home broadcast booth to escort him out of Wrigley Field.
I don't think I've ever seen anything like it before, nor will I ever see anything like it again.
Schwarber actually has a pretty good eye at the plate. He could probably call a more accurate game from the batter's box than Hernandez does from behind the plate.
Angel Hernandez is like the equivalent Lee mason. This particular one was from the early stages of last season but it happened again like a week later.
As a part-time chef, if I screw up a dish and someone calls me on it, I don't take it personally, because everyone messes up occasionally and it's an opportunity to get better.
HOWEVER, I screw up something 11 times, it's not crazy for someone to say ”hey, I see a pattern here, I think you might just be bad at your job."
I say "no, I don't suck, you are mean for pointing it out."
That'd be Hernandez in a nutshell.
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Angel Hernandez has long been considered the worst umpire in baseball. Everyone from players to fans have collectively groaned in frustration anytime he is announced in a crew.
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Would love to see more Jomboy. I'm not even super into baseball, but he makes it so fun.
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Jomboy actually puts out a "best lip reading compilation" each year if you want to check out more of him doing lip reading.
This was reaction Gold guys!! I think you really got what Jomboy was trying to say. Good job to both of you, this was a hilarious video. ♥
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Another to add to the Jomboy list is the breakdown of the Shohei Ohtani vs Mike Trout at bat that just happened in the World Baseball Classic. The probably two best players in the world (and teammates in the MLB) representing their countries and squaring off with the WBC championship on the line.
That was darn funny. Please do another Jomboy because it seems like he has a hilarious breakdown of what happens.
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I said this on another of your vids and I’ll repeat it: I really admire you picking up a new sport like this. Kudos to you guys.
Jomboy explains cricket to Americans has been really fun and informative.
Ive said many times the toughest position in any sport is a MLB umpire ,the fans hate you the players hate you the managers hate you.Yes they do make a few bad calls, but they are usually very good.
Angel Hernandez isn’t the only really bad umpire. The most notable one is Joe West. Joe was mainly known for being really lazy behind the plate and missing blatant calls. He actually recently retired and started a podcast where he talks about his experiences as an umpire and occasionally will have some MLB players and managers come on the show. But i’m sure you can find a video of some of his worst calls
Seattle fan here. You will really laugh when you watch Jomboy's "Angels and Mariners benches clear, a breakdown". This happened last year.
Foolish baseball has a great video breaking down good and bad umpiring! It’s worth a watch!!!
I highly recommend Jon Bois videos as well. Some of his best ones: Scoragami, The Search for the Saddest Punt, and What if Barry Bonds played baseball without a bat?
Nice reaction. I like that sometimes you go outside the typical "highlight compilation" videos. Don't get me wrong - I love highlight videos - but i think you are getting a better understanding of the game this way. Thanks for posting this.
Thanks Jedd, that’s what we wanted to do, the compilation reactions are too easy. We wanted to learn along the way as well. We are glad you enjoy it as much as we do!
to give some context, most players understand that every ump has a different zone. The players adjust to what the ump likes and are happy as long they are consistent.
One of the best Jomboy's ever!
There was an umpire that called a perfect game in the World Series this past year and Jomboy broke that game down, its worth a watch.
Thanks Jeff!
yeah jomboy is genuinely one of the best lip readers on youtube
The Unwritten Rules of Baseball Explained is a great video.
Jomboy’s got a good video breaking down a good umpire performance where he kind of goes into how accurate umpires are usually
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Angel is so bad, he once had the person singing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame”, during a 7th inning stretch at Wrigley, call him out over the mic. All while Angel just looked up and stared into the booth…😂
Love the Jomboy content. If you want an analysis of how bad/good umpires are/can be, I recommend Foolish Baseball's "What Bad Umpiring Looks Like"
I mentioned before in another comment that umpires often get into heated arguments with players and managers. This gives you a taste of that.
It definitely does 😂 I feel like the rant was warranted!
Angel Hernandez had one of the most accurate games called all year last year. Jays and Blue Jays. But yes, this is normal for him too, more bad than good. Any umpire who has name recognition is because they are infamous. And he's at the top of the list.
There is a Jomboy vid where he does a breakdown on an ump that called a perfect game or close to it. We get caught up with the bad umps and sometimes take for granted that many umps are trying to do a good job. So it's good to give credit to the umps when it is deserved.
On the opposite side of the spectrum, Pat Hoberg called a perfect game in the world series last season. He's the GOAT. There are videos about this too.
It goes back to an ancient umpire saying...it ain't a ball or a strike unless I call it that way....
It sucks that Angel is so horrible at his job because he's such a nice person
I think the fact that Angel Hernandez's name is known by most MLB fans speaks to how bad his calls are. When they get the calls right, we dont learn their names.
I umpired ball for over 25 years starting in Little League and eventually national high school age tournaments. I also did some college baseball. I have to say that all of those pitches just off the plate are usually strikes in amatuer baseball. Otherwise the games would last forever because batters would just leave the bat on their shoulder until ball four.
You guys should definitely check out the exact opposite of this video to get an idea of a good umpire with the Jomboy video called, “Umpire calls a perfect game in the World Series, a breakdown”. As much as we make fun of the bad ones, we always have to recognize the good ones. Also, your content is amazing. Keep it up!
Coming from a 2015 graduate of the professional umpire academy in Vero Beach, Florida, all umpires miss a call from time to time due to speed of the game at higher levels. But Angel Hernandez and C.B. Buckner have consistently made bad calls due to their inability to get into proper positions to make the correct call or track balls into the strike zone
When it comes to "Which Ump is the worst?" question, everyone, who has spent a long time watching Baseball, always has that one Ump they can't stand. Some names like Angel Hernandez, Joe West, Ron Kulpa, C.B. Bucknor, and so on, have a special place in our brains that live on in pure angst towards these guys who just make the wrong calls or did something that an Umpire should not do (like egging on a player, grabbing a player, or making the game about themselves rather than just calling the game).
Thanks for the comment Jugo! Seen a few of these names a few times in the comments
Anyone else say fuzzy? Dude also has a good baseball channel for more quick pace day to day recaps
Angel Hernandez is the best argument for replacing umps with robots that exists.
This is not to defend Angel Hernandez in any way, he truly is that bad, but to try and give the rest of the umps a break; something to remember is the box you're seeing on screen isn't usually perfectly accurate to the batter's actual strike zone, at least vertically. Horizontally it's mostly trustworthy since Home Plate can't change size but vertically the zone is different for every player
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Excellent reaction. You pick the best videos. Great to see you learning and getting a laugh at the same time.
What is shown are not mistakes. He continues this year. In a recent game the Texas had the bases loaded and he called three balls far outside as strikes to eliminate the hitter.
The thing to know is, this is not typical. MLB umpires in general are very good at their jobs, and they take pride in getting their calls right. Angel Hernandez is just kind of the exception that proves the rule. He's a terrible umpire, especially behind the plate calling balls and strikes. If you want to see the ultimate umpire argument video, check out "Earl Weaver's legendary tirade at Bill Haller [w/optional captions]." It's not a Jomboy video, because no lip reading is required -- the umpire Bill Haller was mic'd up for a documentary film someone was making. Earl Weaver was a manager with a famously explosive temper, and when Haller makes a call against Weaver's pitcher it's pure fireworks.
That video is at least a year old, the DH rule became universal in 2022. Prior to that the American League had the DH rule, and the pitchers had to hit in the National League
Previously on Angle Hernandez.... 8/7//01 I'm a Cubs fan from way back, it is my cross to bare in life. Since you guys went to see the Cubs in London you know the tradition of singing Take me Out To The Ballgame during the 7th Inning Stretch. Steve “Mongo” McMichael (former Chicago Bears football player and WCW wrestler) had the honor on that day. After Angel blew a call earlier in the game, Mongo announced “Don't worry, I'll have some speaks with that home plate umpire after the game.” During the commercial break, Hernandez had McMichael ejected from the press box. Below is the ESPN re-cap of the game. Spoiler Alert! If you watch carefully at the end, Angel even reverses his own call!!!!
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Side note: Joe Girardi, the manager in this video, “Its just so bad Angel” was the batter in the 9th inning on that day in August 2001
The Yankees - Redsox game where he had three calls overturned on replay.
Here's a thing though. Kyle Schwarber has been consistently called out on that exact pitch off the outside edge of the plate for his entire career. It's never been a strike.
Y’all need to check out something on the Red Sox Yankees rivalry. Or the Curse of The Bambino (related to the rivalry/ redsox)
Now this is a good one.
Great content guys
Welcome to the dark side of MLB. Hernandez is not just an embarrassment to MLB umpires, he is an embarrassment to all sports officials at every level around the world. He once had something like three calls (maybe more) overturned at first base in a playoff game. If you were to plug his name into the TH-cam search box you would be bombarded with videos showcasing his absolute incompetence. I used to be an amateur baseball and softball umpire. I worked with more than one umpire who was really bad on more than one occasion. It's absolutely terrifying to work with someone like that.
i’m biased as a mariners fan but the angels mariners fight breakdown would be a great jomboy video to check out
Jomboy has a bunch of videos trying to explain cricket to us Americans but in baseball terms. Would love to see you react to them.
That’s pretty cool!
I was watching this game with my mom, and as I mentioned in another video, I don1't understand much of baseball, but the whole game seemed so strange that even my mom thought something was wrong, even I could see when it was a ball and he called strike and vice versa. If someone who doesn't undertand everything can clearly see his mistakes, that's proof of him being a bad umpire.
"J T Realmuto is not a fan of Jared Hughes sprinting to the mound, a breakdown." Hoo boy are you guys gonna get a ton of recommendations for Jomboy
Thank you Pete. Yeah I thought we might 😅 Have added this one to our list too
Thank you for doing this one also, Hernandez is a jokes joke
the joke going around about umpires is that the name plate on their locker is in braille. lol
Watched this game live. It was a nationally televised game and having Angel Hernandez umpire this game was ridiculous.
**Jomboy actually left a comment on your last Jomboy video! You guys definitely made it! Haha
Jomboy Fan reactions are hysterical!!
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The Amir Garrett vs pirates fight or Amir Garrett vs Javy Baez are my favorite jomboy vids
He does a breakdown for an ump who literally called all the pitches correctly. "Umpire has a perfect game" or somesuch. It's important to know that it's possible.
Angel Hernandez is an anomaly in the league. He's quite infamous for his decision making and the calls he makes. There are some other just strictly Angel Hernandez compilation videos that would give you a greater context for sure.
There's umpires who tend to make themselves the story in games and there's umpires who make bad call after bad call... he's the rare combination of both turned up to ten. He'll make a bad call then throw out someone from the dugout for something a fan said
6:04 Answer: yes.
You wondered about good umpires. Take a look at this Jomboy video where he talks about an umpire who called a perfect game of the World Series. Basically didn't make a bad call and was very consistent. It's impressive to watch. His name is Pat Hoberg. Ironically the game involved the same Kyle Schwarber and the Philadelphia Phillies.
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I just discovered your channel guys, and I love how you're taking the time to understand the nuances of American sports. It's great fun to watch, keep it up.
Thank you for the context around this, sounds great, have added to our list. Thank you, we’re loving the journey
To translate to a language you can understand, Hernandez is to the MLB what Mike Dean is to English Football (only without the any of the funny moments)
For a long time, we as baseball fans said "who is more shit? joe west or angel hernandez?" and angel was like hold my beer
They gotta watch the Jomboy clip from a few weeks back of the college ump who got himself suspended for that obnoxiously bad strikeout call. Made Angel Hernandez look like an.... angel.
2:32 A lot of those pitches were borderline and could go either way. Most players accept this as part of the game, but what really pisses them off is when the umpire is inconsistent on their strike calls. If an ump has been calling inside pitches strikes all game, then that's fine since the batters can adjust. But, if the ump starts calling the same pitch a ball or strike at random, then both the batters and pitchers are going to start to feel cheated.
This was hilarious 😂😂😂😂😂
Thank you, Jomboys commentary is incredible 😂😂
@@DNReacts his lip reading was spot on. Love the channel. Also requesting again checking out the Iron Bowl Alabama v Auburn the greatest college football rivalry.
MLB ejections in general are awesome but please watch amir garrett and the reds fight pirates. Jomboy did that breakdown as well. Love him and my Reds.
You short short his videos by most popular and check out some of those! He has some really funny ones, personally my favorites are when he breaks down arguments/fights
Angel Hernandez is by far one of the worst umpires probably ever to call a game. A lot of people give cowboy Joe west a lot of heat as well, but his last couple years before he retired He actually got a lot better and whenever he called Braves game he was pretty impartial and had about 98% of the calls accurate.
So a lot of umpires call shit outside the zone but they are consistent with it like you just know if the ump has a larger zone and you just have to deal with it. But angel is really inconsistent with what he calls. He does it all the time he's infamous.
He ready for the little league
Weird stuff always happens with Angel Hernandez. He once started a game during a downpour in Pittsburgh and called the players off the field in the first inning after the rain started letting up! Bob Davidson really sucked too. He once threw four people, including a fan, out of a game in Milwaukee! Idk if you guys have soccer refs like this, but he yelled at people and provoked them to yell back so he could throw them out.
We have a lot of them too Julian. It’s somewhat reassuring to know it happens across all sports. But also infuriating too. Human error I understand but there has to be a limit for me
The umpire that called my travel little league softball games when I was like 10 would do a way better job. Also he looked exactly like Santa Claus
A few years ago I worked as a food service supervisor at a hospital. I spoke to a patient having a baby which was a wife of an MLB umpire. I asked who does your husband say is the worst in the league? She didn't even think about and said Angel Hernandez......
Love this 😅🤝
i don’t know if you guys know anything about Cricket, i know absolutely ZERO about it, but Jomboy’s cricket videos are pretty funny as well
We’re not too clued up ourselves. We know the basics. Maybe we could add cricket to the list too 😅
You should see his breakdown of the final at bat in the wbc
What you gotta understand is Angel Hernandez is not just a bad umpire. He is a barometer for anything bad… anything. “How was the food?” “Oh it was bad. Angel Hernandez bad.” “Oh that’s bad.”
I’m going to use this in England with zero context 😂
@@DNReacts If someone doesn’t get it, show them your video. 1. You get new viewers and 2. The infamy of Angel Hernandez grows internationally… if it hasn’t already. Who knows? He’s THAT bad.
Sounds like a plan that does!
Whenever Angel Hernandez gets out of the shower in the morning, he calls his balls strikes.
6:13 "is this the worst umpire" Yes, although CB Bucknor is not much better (the fact that we even know their names should tell you enough). If you want to see the best in the business I highly recommend Jomboy's video on Pat Hoberg, the only ump in recorded history to have called a perfect game behind the plate.
Jomboys the best. Baseball fights are wild. Not much actual fighting but it is a sight to see if you haven’t checked them out
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