Baseball Has An Angel Hernandez Problem
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Angel Hernandez has been an MLB umpire for 31 years, yet despite all this experience, he is the worst umpire in MLB history. Angel has blown several calls, is overly confrontational and even tried suing MLB for discrimination. In a 2018 players' poll conducted by ESPN, he was voted as the worst umpire in the league, with 22% of players identifying him. In 2023, Angel finished the regular season as the lowest rated umpire with 161 bad calls in 10 games, including the lowest rated game. Last night, he set a new record with the largest miss on a strikeout with a strikeout pitch that missed outside by 6.78 inches. - กีฬา
Thanks for all the love and support as always. I f**ked up Torres name by mistake. Doing the voiceovers are still nerve wracking for me. Should have caught it in review though.
My next video should be my longest and best video to date. Super excited for you all to see it.
Takes a lot to admit a mistake, it’s not that big of a deal when you despise anything related to the Yankees 😅
Hey shit happens man, great vid regardless
Just treat it like a conversation man. Like you are telling this story to a buddy at the bar. And I commented but as a baseball channel, every name you will ever need to say can be heard by just typing it into YT and clicking a highlight. Takes 2 seconds. Other than that I dig the content. New subscription here and look forward to seeing you grow.... Also Fk Angel Hernandez
Ur good just practice a bit. Especially with names lol some have some different pronunciation
What I like is that the MLBUA website doesn't even exist anymore and their Twitter account hasn't been used in 5 years. The one solution that would come to mind, writing the MLBUA with complaints, is completely blocked by them hiding avenues to allow that.
Angel has done more to destroy the job of Umpire than anyone I can think of.
CB Buckner is pretty damn close
Joe West has entered the chat
The DJT of umpireland
@@SomeJustice19khe is bad but angel is worse
No one's ever been worse. Everyone knows about it.
“Angel has blown several calls” is the understatement of the century
For real though… *several* and the proceeds to show a whole reel of blunders
He just didn't finish the sentence. It should have said "Angel has blown several calls per game for the last 31 years."
@@tsloth1390several calls a game
…” in the last 8 minutes”
Several thousand calls
It’s about time the players association got involved. A statement to the umpires union saying that no team will play if Hernandez is allowed to continue umpiring. Boycott any game he is assigned to.
This. Make it impossible for the MLB to make money on a game he officiates
Nah, don't boycott any game he umps in. Boycott EVERY game EVERYWHERE until he is fired, whether he is umping the game or not.. Do not play a single game more until he is gone.
I would totally support the teams that warm up, see Angel on the field, and as soon as he blows just one call they walk off the field refusing to continue not only the game but the series until MLB replaces in the umpires calling the games. Also MLB should bust the umpire Union unless they slow the removal of Angel to the lowest division of games having to clean up his actions to be moved up.
Insulting and outrageous behavior by ANY umpire should be grounds for dismissal!! MLB has an "umpire union" problem, in addition to problem umpires, players AND the "public"!!
We need a new strike to begin a new cba for all of this.
We’re not asking computers to replace all human umps. Just angel.
Don’t forget CB Bucknor
Robots Asap
The umpire union stuff is insane to me. Imagine being so trash at your job but the union just provides job security and protection from being fired based on performance.
Shit sounds like my workplace 😭🤣
thats the goal of every single union on planet earth
@@amifunnymynameisbob I've never seen mine able to save someone as bad as angel though 🤣🤣
MLB doesn't want him gone and or they screwed up the ump union contract. A union can only protect one individual for so long. If they want you gone they will find a way to do so.
You have to follow the rules set forth between the union and employee. If firing for poor performance isn't a fireable offense then there is nothing mlb can do about it. Etc
Unless you can in this simple example so poor performance leads to like gross negligence or something.
You just described every union......
Why are we investigating Ohtani for sports gambling when Angel Hernandez is clearly the only one betting on games.
If you have a reputation for being incompetent it only makes it easier to fix.
This is why it is not smart to bet on sports....
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Exactly. There is nothing stopping MLB from cooking up an investigation into Hernandez betting on games, especially considering they would have more than enough evidence to justify it.
Ild like to know how he gets to games as he clearly cant see.
Either that or he's being paid off by bookies...
Getting three calls overturned in a playoff game should have been the last straw. He was smirking after the third call.
MLB is too chicken to take on the umpire's union! 🐔🐔🐔
@@MrManfly Well they should because that's the only way anything will change for the better. With all the money MLB makes, they should have the power to first demote any umpire that makes bad calls, then suspend them if they continue to do so and eventually fire them if they continue to do a bad job. What are they afraid of? Lawsuits? So what, take them to court and if you can win the case it will show they're finally being held accountable. That's the problem with society. A lack of accountability.
@@MrManflyactually it’s because of the Umpires Union. They legally
can’t fire him even if they wanted to.
"the strikezone shifts each game" Nah, with Hernandez it shifts per pitch
The Angel Hernandez Quantum Strike Zone™
The strikezone can shift with each pitch according to the rules.
The top and bottom of the zone is not set by something constant. It is a judgement call of the home plate umpire, as the top and the bottom of the zone is established by the batter each time they take their batting stance.
TRUTH!
@@fixipszikon6670 The issue isn't the top and bottom of the zone, it's left and right of the plate where the VAST majority of his blown calls lie.
@@Plasmastorm73_n5evv
You have a comprehension problem. I only addressed that the commenter had no idea that the zone can shift with every pitch.
Did not say a bloody word about Hernandez.
I’m convinced he’s doing it on purpose at this point just bc he can. He’s been criticized for his entire career but instead of working on his craft and getting better he has gotten exponentially worse over his entire career.
This should be pinned
That's how I feel too. The calls are cartoonishly bad, I think he's just trolling now. Daring the league to fire him
I wonder how much money his family and friends have made from their bookies because of his work....
I think the way umpiring is today the umpires are all in it together to bring in automated balls and strikes.They’re all horrible at this point
Yeah at least Joe west has seemed to be better than he used to lol 😂 Angel has genuinely gotten worse and its baffling
So the umpires can influence the careers of players by making bad calls that screw over players stats but meanwhile the umpires are untouchable. Seems fair.
Not unlike a Supreme Court justice
hmm sounds like the police.
@@wraithstrongopark Police aren't untouchable, just less touchable.
As soon as the MLB decides to go after Angel hernandez for abusing powers as a umpire, he will then pull the race card and accuse the MLB and the MLBPA of being racist and discrimination because of his race and will also file a lawsuit
Angel hernandez is total scum and has no buisiness umpireing in the MLB and the MLBPA needs to hold a strike against him and have his umpire license revolked. Power is in numbers and no race card can never overturn that
If MLB wanted him gone he would be. There is no entity on earth that can tell a conglomerate of 32 mega billionaires what to do.
I wish i had the job security to sue my employer for some BS reason and still keep my job
Its seriously surprising to me how MLB umpiring is the safest job on the planet.
you can sue your boss and keep your job, sometimes. While the investigation/trial is going on they usually can't fire you.
Simple fix: On any controversial call he makes, even balls and strikes, the other umps review and overrule the call. That might embarrass him enough that he quits.
He has no shame to be acted upon.
@@sansoosavage I'm not going to disagree. Still, the calls would at least be corrected.
If they cant fire him just make him sell hotdogs or something.
@@TheRealTrucido He's an Umpire, the vendors aren't MLB employees so that's a no go, but I wish they could...on second thought nix that. make him clean toilets...he would probably short change everyone in the stands.
He must be betting behind the scenes. Almost same as the NBA ref. We need a full blown investigation
Hanlon's Razor says otherwise
The reason he doesnt get accused more is because hes equal oppurtunity bad. Hes the one guy both fans hate at the end of the night. Like even if he helps your team win, your still cursing him out minimum 10 times that night.
id agree with you were he not blowing calls on both teams consistently. in angel hernandez's case its the old phrase "dont attribute to malice that which can be explained by incompetence"
That's the one thing that would end his trip on the gravy train... No way he's dirty... He's just a guy who isn't good enough to actually do the job he managed to get...
Incompetence doesn't explain the eavesdropping, and considering that betting isn't done solely on whether a team wins or loses but can be done on individual performances and points spread, he could easily be making bad calls on both teams to influence the individual scores of each player because of bets like that, which would be a lot easier than fixing while matches and potentially harder to pin down
Baseball will be a much better sport when a strike is *always* a strike and a ball is *always* a ball.
He has the arrogance to show up to work every day
They should also refuse to play with him on the field
Imagine the players going on strike for one asshole. Y'all don't have a job without the players
That would be a forfeit.
Fire the sorry cheater
@METALITHrevetments
Yes, it would be.
@@METALITHrevetmentsyes, by both teams
It's pretty amazing that an ump can look at exactly the same play and make two different calls with 100% confidence.
They might as well replace him with Stevie Wonder; Stevie would be more accurate….
I don't think you're giving Stevie wonder enough credit. I'm almost 100% sure he would be
He might not be better but he probably won’t be worse and it will definitely be more entertaining
Stevie could probably guess and get more correct then AH does. Whoever tf named him must be laughing at the irony of it now
If Umpires and Referees could do their job correctly we would never even know what their names are. They should be in the background.
Ego
I used to watch baseball all the time. Got to know most of the baseball umps, some because they sucked. Some because they were animated with their strike calls. But, mostly just watching and the tv people mentioning them. But, a lot of them in the eighties were bad. The missed ball and strikes on a regular basis is not new. Now though with the advanced technology that can better pin point ball position, it is more noticeable. I hate all the rule changes and problems with the game. I haven't watched in years. Fire Angel Hernandez
Except most empires have such insatiably big egos that they think everybody in the stadium is there to see them
@@sonofPoseidon136_ Boy that's the truth.
I'm going to have to partially disagree with you. There should always be room for competent officials to do their job with some personality and flair.
I'm thinking of guys like the now-retired Ed Hochuli, the NFL referee famous for such gems as "Yes, there are penalties in the Pro Bowl" and "the runner's ... buttocks was down" with a lengthy pause to ponder whether he could say buttocks on television. I'm talking about guys like Ben Dreith, the 1960-1990 AFL and NFL referee who gave us the enduring classic "We got a personal foul on number 99 of the defense, after he tackled the quarterback, he's givin' him the business down there." I'm talking about the NHL's Wes McCauley and his highly entertaining Mortal Kombat-inspired signal gestures when he hands out "five for ... FIGHTING!"
Not only is Angel Hernandez incompetent, he has one of the driest personalities of anybody in a top-level officiating job in sports. He just stands there with that dumb look on his face all the time, regardless of what's going on in the game.
I THINK he's betting on games that he's involved in..there can be NO OTHER reason for his atrocious game calling..and he KNOWS he can't be fired.
No, everything he does is to speed things up and get the game over with.
Lets be real here. Angel's not bright enough to do that and hide it for this long.
he's equally bad for both sides !!
MLB should name their AI pitch tracker angel
The Yankee game the other afternoon a fan yelled something from the stands and the home plate ump threw out Boone and said that he did not care who said it. Some of these umps are good and some like Angel need to find a different job. Some day, computers will make all the calls on the diamond
No they wont😂
so someday you think theyre going to take away the art of framing a pitch? fuck that bullshit
For completeness' sake, the umpire involved in that was Hunter Wendelstedt, who normally is not a bad umpire but screwed that one up for sure. The other thing Hunter Wendelstedt has in his favor is that he now runs the umpiring school named for his late father Harry, which is one of the two MLB-recognized umpire schools and a major feeder to MLB.
@@jdjdjdj-xx2je hey man, I do not want computer umps, it just seems EVERYTHING is going away from human involvement
“I’m sure if he saw this video, he’d sue me for discrimination”
😂😂😂
When they eventually switch over to a robotic umpire system, each individual sensor should be called, "an angel."
An Angel Killer... Don't you DARE honor the man!
@@Dan-tp3py That's the best part, it ISN'T honoring him, it's a permanent ironic FU
I work for the post office. We have a union. All you can do in situations like this is count the days until the person retires so they can be out of the way.😊
I know a guy whose son is an umpire in low-A ball. He’s been grinding for a couple years just to make it that far. He obviously wants to get good enough to be an mlb ump someday. And here you have Angel Hernandez, with no consequences for how bad he is or the arguments he instigates. And he had the audacity to sue MLB? Makes me angry as a baseball fan.
If I were a star player with the ability to do so, I'd probably request the day off if Angel Hernandez was scheduled behind the plate.
Jim Joyce at first base
Players should refuse to play when he’s on field.
Angel Hernandez: Advocating for automation since 1991.
I don't think AI will solve the problem though. It can help but, not stop bad calls.
@@Bayley4ever it's being used to gather evidence showing just how bad he is relative to other umpires.
At least the possibility of incompetence or corruption is reduced.
I have stopped watching any games that he calls
It's actually insane how bad he is, I think I gotta stop too
I just quit watching baseball all together. The games are clearly not on the up and up any more
as a Brit watching MLB from afar, the most famous name i know is Angel? how is this even a thang?
I don't even watch baseball (I just like these videos because it's interesting how corrupt the sport is) and I knew his name and that he was hated but I assumed he was a player because no other sport ever talks about their referees like this
There is another one. The umpire who killed a perfect game. Jim Joyce. He retired I think but the fact we know these names when before them they were doing what they were intended. Comparable to a base or blade of grass.
Exactly. If an umpire is doing their job correctly, no one should even know what his or her name is.
As a Brit I bet you probably follow cricket or football... how many referees and officials in those sports do you know the names of? You probably wouldn't need more than one hand's worth of fingers to count them!
@Morgan423Z I know the name of a couple of rug y referees.... but that's only because they have videos ofbthem doing a brilliant job, and if course We all miss dearnold Dickue bird?
@@Pepesmallway less corrupt than soccer or nbgay
At the next contract negotiations with umpires MLB should fire Hernandez and Buckner in exchange for not expanding automated umpiring. If the umpires want to protect their long term interests they should conceded that the worst performing umpires need to go
It makes you wonder if this isn’t all intentional. Having a controversial figure like Angel constantly creating chaos brings press and attention to MLB - and as the old saying goes, any attention is good attention. It brings people to the park in hopes of experiencing the sh*tshow….
You might be onto something
I think it's so they can justify roboumps. Before the angel thing blew up no one would consider it.
If it's intentional, it must be a long plan, because the first time I heard of Angel Hernandez was during a Giants-Dodgers game on July 12, 1997. The Giants had a runner on third base, Mark Lewis, who tagged up on a fly ball, trying to tie the game. He made it home safely, but the Dodgers appealed, saying Lewis had left the base early. Angel Hernandez, working home plate that night, called Lewis out on the appeal, even though replay showed that Lewis not only had not left the base early, he had left the base later than expected on a tag-up play.
Giants announcer Mike Krukow was livid, and called out Angel Hernandez by name. And that was the first time I had ever heard his name.
Later on, Lewis helped the Giants stage a comeback to win the game, and I believe the Giants announcers harkened back to the blown call by Angel Hernandez, as sort of poetic justice that Lewis helped with the rally. So Angel Hernandez's name stuck with me.
I had no idea that decades later, Angel Hernandez would have the reputation that he has now.
So if this was intentional, this has been going on since the 90s.
Know what else brings eyes on the sport? Good players doing good things. It’s like people have forgotten about how many eyes were on the league during the Sosa/McGuire HR Race or Bonds chasing the Hank Aaron HR record. You don’t need controversy to get eyes on the sport if there’s something worth watching already
Can't watch baseball anymore. 😢
This was a great video, but you could've also talked about the other option to fix bad calls at the plate, the challenge system. This system is already being tested in the minors to great approval. In this, if a pitcher or batter disagrees with the call they can tap their head to signal a challenge. Like in tennis the umpire will look over to an official off the field who will, in the span of 5 seconds or less, signal whether it was a ball or strike using said high speed cameras. I believe this system is the best option for the future of the game. It allows the umps to keep calling, but not have as much impact if a call is terrible.
How does this 🤡 get along with the other umpires and what do they think of this contest embarrassment to all umpires he's pathetic they need to make an example of him and get rid of this extreme detriment to Baseball 🤯
MLB has an umpire problem! It's not just Angel!
Just stop watching any game he umpires. MLB will fix The problem.
My solution at the plate is for the umpires to wear an indicator belt that helps them with the strike zone. They can still make the calls. When it's too close, the indicator belt will tell them whether the pitch was a strike or a ball. Red light for strike. Green light for ball.
The problem with big corporations is that executives don't recognize a problem until it becomes a problem for them.
I doubt Rob Manfred gives a damn about this.
Torre is pronounced Torey.
Is this an AI generated video? I don’t think a human gets Joe Torre’s name wrong, but maybe I’m just old enough to remember him
@@matthewsbarnabei Nah I just think the poster is young and learning.
@@matthewsbarnabei The second i got up to that part i started to think this was an AI video, there are so many AI videos out on TH-cam now
I heard someone pronounce a name wrong recently that I remember from my youth. The young ones have little reason to have heard Joe torre name before. Not a big deal.
@@kenw2225 People who cover the sport and try to speak with authority without the knowledge or history of the sport will not be taking seriously.
My nephew worked on a multi-billion-dollar construction project. A heavy equipment operator was so bad they just had him move a pile of dirt from one place to another, over and over, to keep him away from the actual construction. Members of other unions knew about him. Being 100% incompetent and dangerous is not enough for a union to say "you gotta go for the good of the members and everyone else."
I was in the Steelworkers Union after high school. It's why I quit and went to college. Unions are basically legalized mafia, "hey you pay us a percent of your check and we'll "protect" you." yeah right.
That’s BS!
@@TB-yp4un Actually, it is true. He was picking up an object that weighed more than the small crane's capacity and broke the crane. He also damaged an overhead walkway by not paying attention and whacked it with a piece of equipment. So, they simply put him where he could do no further damage.
Having dealt with this in my personal work place, that is more than acceptable, the person that got relocated was put to a place where he had 0 impact on anyone, and if anything, it was actually like he wasnt there. Finally they were able to fire him based on a PPE infraction. But yeah, as a union member, it is extreme at times
I just saw another video that stated robo umps aren’t nearly good enough to be implemented yet. Which one is true?
Saying that Hernandez had "blown 'several' calls", is like saying there's a little water in the ocean; unless you just left off PER INNING!
I’m curious about something. Is the problem with Hernandez his eyesight maybe (make up your own joke here) or does he make bad calls purposely to get attention? Or, does he have a chip on his shoulder for some reason?
Or all of the above.
here before 100k subs, your video quality is insane!
im hooked and I only ever watched a little baseball
Thanks man, appreciate it ❤️ Only going to keep getting better with each video (hopefully)
How? Quality involves fixing mistakes.
Baseball is in the entertainment industry....When Angel Hernandez is behind the plate, it makes the game more entertaining.
I'm trying to find a schedule of which games Angel will be working.
The MLB website gave me a Loading Error response when I typed his name in the search box
Ya but that's y the pitch clock was implemented. They were losing viewers. We know he sux we don't want a 5 min tirade every time he makes a call.
@@stayfaded69...Baseball is a ''Dramatic'' form of entertainment.
Every drama has a protagonist / villain.
Angel Hernandez is the most hated villain in MLB.
Other than Angel Hernandez and C.B. Bucknor, very few umpires are approached by baseball fans asking for their autographs?
I understand the human factor of missing the occasional ball and strike but when you miss a pitch by 6+ inches… consistently at that, it’s pure incompetence and I almost feel like the umpires of baseball should not be unionized for this reason. If you’re not good at your job you shouldn’t stay at that job, plain and simple
He must’ve seen that perfect call world series game and said “damn, why won’t they let me mess that up? DISRIMINATION!”
Regardless of the Angel Hernandez saga....etc, there is one thing about MLB that confounds me to no end. It is something so simple and obvious yet remains to this day a mainstay in MLB games broadcasting. And that is the graphic they show of the strike zone and the "SUPPOSED" ball location in relation to it after the pitch. Like we see over and over in this video.
This might sound like I'm vindicating the subject of this video which I am NOT. The AH problem is real and I am fully in agreement of it.
BUT,
in regards to ALL home plate umpires, that graphic is a MAJOR problem for many fans' ability to accurately judge the accuracy of ball/strike calls. The problem is that the graphic is constantly showing the location of where the ball hits the catcher's glove, which basically has little to do with whether or not the ball crossed the plate at the location of the plate. Balls can easily break well more than 6 inches after it crosses that plane. So showing people the location the ball was CAUGHT is completely irrelevant to the ball catching the strike zone! Especially when you consider which side the pitcher is throwing in relation to where the pitch is breaking when it comes towards the plate and vice versa.
There are many things to consider in relation to if the ball catches the zone or not. NOT just those silly TWO DIMENSIONAL rectangle and circle graphics we all see on TV.
They have the ability now to show a THREE dimensional graphic simulation view of the ball's trajectory after a pitch, and that is what an umpire sees, or should be seeing when making a call. Not where the catcher caught the damn ball.
Anyways. That's just my rant.
Being bad and arrogant is no way to go through life.
What baffles me the most is the union sticking their neck out for him, when he clearly has zero concern for anyone else. By not choosing to internally deal with him, they are jeopardizing ALL of their careers. I just cannot comprehend it... At this rate, they will all be out of a job from robo-umps because they won't cast out the most rotten of eggs... The only possible explanation I can think of is that due to their average (old) age, they aren't concerned with the future speaking they will retire soon anyways. Typical.
The "Integrity of the Game" ship sailed a long time. Long before Mr. Hernandez ever stepped foot on an MLB field. We all need to grow up about baseball as much as we love it. The word "Integrity" doesn't belong in the same sentence as MLB.
Go watch basketball
“The Mets Catcher” it’s Mike Piazza dude, he’s in the hall of fame, can someone give my sad Mets the time of day once in a decade
No. We won't do it.
@@michaelderyder426this seems to be a yet another multi Mike conspiracy
If they really want to get rid of him, why don't the players get together and refuse to play in games under his control. The MLBPA need to call a player's strike.
The automatic strike zone is not accurate. I don't know where your getting the data from. But the Minor League is reporting that the automatic strike zone has several zones of errors. That's why MLB has not adopted the automatic strike zone yet.
It cannot accurately measure the strike zone. We'll hell the umpires currently, a lot of them can't either.
So dam if you do, dam if you don't have a robot ump.
What a title💀 first
😂
Good stuff
If Joe Biden was an umpire...
Dr. Thomas Sowell put in perfectly when he said " unions are good for the people in them and bad for everyone else ". Just like bad union teachers can't be fired for incompetence, you can't fire bad umpires. Lots of talk about Hernandez but it's a league-wide problem day in and day out - approx 1 in 5 calls are incorrect. A study in 2018 found that umpires made 34,294 incorrect calls over the course of the season. It's doubly ironic when you consider that we know this because of reference to the digital electronic strike zone which could already be in use instead of incompetent umpires with their "personal" strike zones and inability to correctly identify close pitches - and frequently even pitches that are well within or outside the strike zone.
Baseball is a sport where AI can almost completely take over the officiating job. It comes down to 1 question in my eyes: does the MLB care more about competitive integrity or the human element?
If the president can be voted out of office, surely getting an umpire out should be made possible.
9:25 - The frame shown here indicates that the plate is 2D, whereas, it is actually 3D, as well as the top/bottom changes with each batter.
Insulting and outrageous behavior by ANY umpire should be grounds for dismissal!! MLB has an "umpire union" problem, in addition to problem umpires, players AND the "public"!!
"The robot said it so it must be right"
Nonsense.
It is impossible that there was a successful testing of automated calls.
They tested something, but surely not according to the current rules.
Computer only knows the sides of the zone, but does not know the top and bottom of the zone, just guesses something, that is not better than anyody would do.
People just accepting it, because they don't know the rules.
10:10 they wouldn't need to get rid of all umpires, just the Home Plate Umpire. Even that would get some fear shaking in the Umpires Union
I hadn't thought about that play with the mets and Braves in years. I was way more into.baseball back then and that really pissed me off when it happened. I didnt know it was Hernandez's who had made that call. Now, 26 years later, it all makes sense.
He's not only bad at his job but he is intentionally making bad calls as he knows he is untouchable. Kind of his way of throwing the middle finger at the game of baseball. MLB's integrity has always been shotty and this is just a part of it.
Angel Hernandez would’ve won the lawsuit had he alleged he had been discriminated for being blind.
1. Place a wager for a game he is officiating.
2. Once he does something nuts, repeatedly complain to betting house, attempting a reversal of the bet.
3. Once betting house stops taking bets when he’s officiating he’s gone.
Angel is god's gift to MLB. MLB will never get rid of him. He's the sole reason why baseball is in my social media feeds. If it weren't for him I wouldn't hear about baseball.
I'm now convinced that it's an ego/power problem with Angel. If he feels that a player has dissed him, he goes out of his way to punch him out. I first learned about him watching a WS game live at the stadium with the Yankees back 20 or so years ago. He got so upset with fans yelling at him BEFORE the game and threatened to kick them out of the stadium because his ego was bruised. A WS game that fans paid hundreds to have the privilege to attend. He made it all about him, and his ego. He is a douche. He feels that he has power to do/say/call whatever he wants. Like a judge.
I would be curious if there is data about him while he was doing his ‘rehab’ in the minors. Overturn ratios?
I think the call accuracy for each game should be published and the rating should be used to make assignments.
I genuinely dont think people actually want robo umps, but when you wont hold the absolute worst of the worst, accountable, people have become tired of it.
See, there's a little thing called Public Records. We have his name and where he works so one search would tell me his address, family, etc. All it takes, then, is one unhinged fan who lost everything on a bet to find him and use him as a punching bag. Something these less than useless umpires should think about. The union won't be able to stop that.
Freddie Freeman made Angel Hernandez look like a complete fool the other night. I find it completely angering that the MLB is willing to punish Umpire Hunter Wendelstedt for his ejection of Aaron Boone but won't do a thing to punish or demote Angel Hernandez who is doing nothing but making a mockery of Baseball.. A month into the season and he's blown 200+ calls, the Union is gonna get tired of protecting him.. I also believe that fans, players and coaching staffs should protest Angel Hernandez being in the MLB.. He doesn't deserve to be in the league uniform....
As I have said on other TH-cam channels, discussing Angel Hernandez's poor umpiring skills, what group have we heard virtually nothing from on this issue? Simple, the club owners. If and when the club owners have had enough and take definitive action (boycotting games lousy umpires are at for example), nothing will be done. This, of course will NEVER occur because owners will NEVER put the integrity of the game over the $$$$'s of the game. Let's face it, people want to see controversy that will start disputes, fights, and ejections. These incidents are a bonus to the game. Yelling at umpires, referees, and judges over lousy calls, rulings etc. has become as big a part of sports as the sport they work at.
The problem with the current automated strike zones like you showed is that they aren't accurate to the RULES!
The strike zone isn't a flat 2D plane. It's also not "static" and shifts based on the batters height and stance.
Per MLB; "The official strike zone is the area over home plate from the midpoint between a batter's shoulders and the top of the uniform pants -- when the batter is in his stance and prepared to swing at a pitched ball -- and a point just below the kneecap. In order to get a strike call, part of the ball must cross over part of home plate while in the aforementioned area."
These rules are clearly NOT being followed by the automated systems shown.
Angel has a very inconsistent strike zone and is a bad ump for MLB, it's true. But he is not the worst I have seen. That would be a guy named Eric Gregg. He was truly bad to a level we have never since seen. Dude gave 10 inches to the corners.
Honestly, why can’t the umpire union fire him? There’s enough documented cause with terrible competence
How about both teams refuse to play when he is behind the plate !
It’s sad and disgraceful to be able to hold the MLB hostage. Many the MLB should turn the tables.
This dude's entire adult life has been umpiring and SOMEHOW he's still around. It's crazy that people who even mildly know baseball there's a good chance they might know the name Angel Hernandez anymore.
In his 78 -pitch complete game, Maddux got a strike on a pitch a foot off the plate. Literally a foot. That was pitch 73.
Angel Hernandez should not be the reason every umpire gets fired in favor of automation. They should negotiate with the union to fire him and gain the ability to hold umps accountable rather than replace good umps with robots
This guy wouldn’t know what a ball was if the pitcher threw it clear out of the stadium.
Why can't they protest and not play a game that he umps
MLB needs to drop him to minor leagues ASAP...!!!
I find it hilarious that Hernandez filed a suit of any kind against the MLB for not making him a crew chief. When they should be giving him his walking papers.
The simple fact that he thinks he deserves anything above the minimum salary an MLB umpire should make, let alone to be a crew chief, is laughable.
The fact that ALL umpires have the balls get uppity and confrontational with 2 groups of adults in possession of bats and within swinging range is astonishing to me.
Vegas should allow us to bet over/under on how many bad calls Angel makes in a game.
I would be shocked if there's not at least 1 casino that has prop bets on that
Out of my own curiosity I checked it. I don't know if there's specifically angel bets, But there are 3 online gambling sites that will take bets on umpire and cruise
Crews
There is. Actually, there is a side bet for blown calls for every game, most people don’t play it. There is also a side bet on ejections.
I'd like to put something out there. To be clear, this is not in defense of Angel Hernandez... because it could be seen as such.
I think we've lost focus on what defines a good strike zone. A good strike zone should be one that is rock solid on any given night and fair to both pitchers and hitters. It should not have to conform exactly to the box drawn on everyone's TV. The variation from umpire to umpire, night to night, was used by pitchers to get an upper hand. It was then up to the hitters to figure out the exact strike zone. It was part of the game, and as long as the zone didn't wander all was good. Having some level of unknown is good and can increase the tension.
It does suck for an umpire to miss one (or a dozen), but the game is becoming sterile. Over the long season that is baseball the mistakes tend to even out. The expectation that the zone is a perfect box is in my oipinion flawed and bad for the game, and to make matters worse hitters run back to check video if they don't like a call. It is simply impossible for a human to succeed in the long run even though they are plenty adequate for the job, unless we move past this need for absoluite perfection. I have lost complete interest in watching MLB and doubt it will ever draw me back in.
The fact that I know this guy’s name says a lot. I don’t really follow baseball, so I shouldn’t know the name of a single umpire. I don’t know a single NBA or NHL ref, but this guy I know. That’s not good.
The MLB must understand that their consumers are the fans and spectators, both live and on TV. The MLB must not get complacent in that no matter what gets put out they will come. If 'fans', those who actively follow a team, start to lose just a little interest because of the gross underperformance of the officiating, or the confusion with complicated rules, it will also affect the casual spectator. Fans are the advertising. You get a pumped fan in the office talking up a team - this flows to the casual spectator coworker. The coworker starts watching games. But it works in reverse. Something needs to be done about the union. It is one thing to have collective bargaining to protect jobs, pay, seniority etc. but to no be able to fire someone for underperformance should not be there. And, I would argue, the umpires should want that. Because, if they don't, they will all be out of a job either by being replaced by cameras or by the league just dying away. Me personally, I would like to keep the umpires there (real people) because the human element is a part of the game. But if they cannot 'field a good team' and fire those who do not perform then get rid of them and rely on tech (which of course will have it's on issues (the software gets hacked and the strike zone is 2" bigger for one team - i can see it now). On second thought, maybe I just give up on baseball - I'm a Mariners fan - doesn't look like we will ever win a WS. Sure there is still a few hours entertainment - taking my brain away from real life for a bit - but I don't know...
Do you edit your own videos? If so, I really admire your work!
baseball isn't the only sport with officiating issues, hockey has it bad, reffs calling penalties that barely qualify while looking at a blatant and serious 1 and calling nothing, or calling a penalty on 1 team but when the other does the exact same thing no call is made. these things need to change
No, he's not a bad ump. The circle ⭕ shown on TV is showing where the catcher catches the ball, NOT where it crosses the plate. The plate is 17 inches deep, and the catcher sits 3-4 feet behind it. A breaking pitch breaks more in the last 10 feet than it does in the first 50 feet. How can you not see this? The circle shows up right on the catcher's mitt
The one thing you cannot accuse Hernandez of doing, is _FAVORITISM._ Angel has blown game-losing calls against every team in every game he's worked.
For him to sue MLB for _DICRIMINATION,_ merely because he's so terrible an umpire they won't let him work post season games is unbelievable.
I think instead of automatic umpires we should allow teams to challenge a certain number of balls/strikes so we don’t completely ruin the defensive aspect of catchers but the call can be overturned if it’s completely outrageous. The MLB also needs to stop being scared to fire umpires for lackluster performance. They already won a lawsuit against Hernandez on the (simplified) basis of “he sucks at his job.”
Players will quite literally need to go on strike in order to get this mofo out 😂
I have faith! If you automate strike zone detection, Angel will just need to up the rest of his game - blowing calls at first, blowing calls at home, blowing home run calls, ...
You would think the union would want Hernandez gone just as much as mlb. Why allow subpar umpires when the entire industry is at risk of automation. You protect this man at the cost of everyone.