chrisn626 very true but if we’re expected to be understanding for Wellington’s bad job framing, why is it ok to just blast Angel? Not saying you were but, nobody has any clue how impossible it is to call pitches that get pushed out of the zone. If you consistently do that, you’ll have a lot more than just 1 ejection.
@@michaelbrundage5854 how about because Hernandez has one job, and he absolutely sucks at it...Plus he's an asshole. Teams should be boycotting games he's assigned to call.
Hang on I have to check my phone. I have some missed calls Missed call: Angel Hernandez Missed call: Angel Hernandez Missed call: Angel Hernandez Missed call: Angel Hernandez Missed call: Angel Hernandez Missed call: Home
Easy Answer: When Angel sued the MLB over thinking the league was discriminating against him, they openly called him a terrible umpire but cannot fire him due to unions.
Can't they demote him to umpiring in a lower level? I grew up in the days the book Japan Inc was a textbook in business school.....at the time of supposed hired-for-life, no layoffs. If a manager was useless, he wasn't fired...he was put in a out of the way office and given meaningless tasks, till he quit
@@hbk314How so? Angel Hernandez is one of the very few umpires many people can name, and it's mainly because he's always associated with bad calls. If your referring to the Greg Gibson part, it's a reference to the MLB TH-cam channel
Yeah well I remember mike esterbrook umping in game 1 of the doubleheader in Red Sox vs Yankees like a month ago Horrible umping game and he helped the Yankees win🤬
@@BootsORiley I remember that shit, too!!! And he got it off, too!!! No matter what race you are, you suck!!! Did u see the MIL/PHI game in national TV last nite?
I hear both of yall... and I agree. Some catchers are extremely gifted at framing a pitch to make it look like it landed in the strike zone. As an umpire, missing those calls are part of the game... But in THIS video... for THIS circumstance, where the catcher's arm crossed his ENTIRE BODY. Give me a fucking break. Angel Hernandez is such a nutsack.
@@austinluszcz1426 yes. I'm sure it is. But guess what, these guys are professionals. They're paid a ridiculous amount of money to do this. And here, we have a guy who is fooled by a catcher trying to catch a ball out of his called location on a ball right down the middle. I wish I could make millions doing what Hernandez does terribly.
The Gaming Killer it’s easy to say the ball was right down the middle when there’s a box on the screen to tell you where the pitch was. I know from experience from the catching side and the umpiring side that pitches like the ones at 0:47 and 2:49 are very hard to call. If I was the white sox coach I would be more mad at my catcher than the umpire and I would be congratulating my catcher if I was the twins coach. You can’t just say they’re professionals therefore they have to be perfect. Catching impacts the game a lot and good framing is rewarded. At first, I thought the first pitch was a ball too and I’m sure a lot of people did too. I GUARANTEE that if most people decided to umpire they would make mistakes like these at some point. They are human.
The Gaming Killer I’m not defending him necessarily, I’m just making a point that catching has a bigger impact on balls and strikes than most people realize. You know people would be booing if he called that pitch a strike but then they would have looked at the box on the screen and they’d be like oh good call. Of course he has a temper but that’s not what I’m talking about. If you’re a player or a manager and your player gets screwed, it’s your job to argue and sometimes, to get ejected. It then becomes the umpire’s responsibility to eject you. It’s all a part of the game. When you are behind the catcher, sometimes your view gets blocked by the hitter when he strides. I’m not saying that is what happened, but its all about the angles. Sometimes the dugout or the pitcher’s mound and especially the tv screen give you a much better view of where the pitch actually was. I remember seeing the overturned calls in the playoffs and 3 of the 4 plays he missed were extremely close and many umpires would have got them wrong as well. Of course the last one was super obvious but my point isn’t that he’s a good umpire. I just think people are too quick to criticize umpires sometimes when the job is way harder than it looks.
@@jmrichards5910 I want to get a seat right at the tunnel so I can be the one millionth person to let him know how much of a disgrace he is to baseball
August 2023 checking in. He just had the worst game in MLB of the year, 24 flat out missed ball strike calls. How can you be tossed for arguing ball strike calls with this dude? If I worked at 7/11 and someone gave me a 20 for 2 dollars of product and I gave them 5 dollars back, I couldn’t throw them out for arguing with me when I am objectively wrong.
His discrimination lawsuit he filed two years ago is still pending. What is taking so long? There isn’t a judge out there willing to watch tape of his bad calls and throw out his case?
I'm a baseball fan - I watch games of all different teams - And I feel bad for both the White Sox here and the game I love. The fact that MLB refused to acknowledge and deal with Joe West and Angel as a problem infuritates me as a fan. They are a blackeye on the game and the players and fans both have a lot of emotional and financial investment in the game and deserve better than this.
Angel is really susceptible to framing....that’s what’s going on here. Look at the first two. They “miss” wide (right down the middle) and the catcher is dramatic about it...called a ball. Frames a low pitch into the bottom of the zone...called a strike.
No, what he's doing is punishing the pitcher for missing his spot. If the catcher sets up way inside and misses by a lot on a 0-2 count he won't reward the pitcher for missing his spot.
@@aeiou901 the strike zone doesn't change. a ball down the middle is still a strike no matter where the catcher sets up. when you can't see the pitch because you're old and rely on where the catcher catches the ball to determine if its a ball or strike you need to go.
@@aeiou901 it shouldn't matter if the pitcher missed the spot. a ball down the middle of the plate is a strike no matter where the catcher sets up. and it's not the job of an ump to punish a pither for missing his spot, the job of the ump is to call a ball if it missed the strike zone and a strike if it doesn't. the ump should be making calls based on where the ball crosses the plate or not, not where the catcher sets up and and catches the ball.
He sued mlb for being racist against him... Suddenly he was picked as a playoff ump and became crew chief, u know, cause the only reason he wasn't picked for either of those is because the mlb is racist... Not because he sucks at his job. There's a lesson in this... If ur a minority you can sue ur way to the top, even if u suck at ur job lmao
@@mikesirman3148 He's still only a fill in crew chief. His real CC, DeMuth, exited a game in San Diego after taking a foul off his forearm. Most of him being a fill-in CC comes from him being in the league for as long as he is. I'm not here to debate whether he's a good ump, you can decide for yourself. But he still only a fill-in crew chief.
@@anthonym7663 I didn't know that, but it's not that surprising. It just sucks that an inadequate ump gets to make blown calls in the playoffs and got a promotion to crew chief because of his race, not his abilities... Cause in all honesty, he's probably only good enough to ump fall ball in little league
As a former baseball umpire, I can say the worst type of umpire is one with a moving strike zone. Call them low, call them inside but be freakin' consistent !
Mortician_Drummer ugh yes. A decent umpire would go 4 for 6. Let’s just say going 1 for 6 in a major league playoff game as an umpire should get you fired. But he’s on the umpire union so he won’t get fired or leave until he retires
The Train Geek It’s all good, lol. I always say “is that bad?” when it’s really really bad just in a sarcastic tone. I legit didn’t know this ump can’t be fired, tho, which is stupid. He’s awful. 🙌🏼
@@drsch you’re being blinded a bit here. The framing was bad enough to confuse even very good umps there. You could tell it was a strike because you had a perfect angle and a box on the screen.
1:17 - “the reach” does not “befuddle” any umpire. In pro ball, no umpire calls those a strike. Angel Hernandez is terrible but this is normal umpiring here.
Maurice Haynes I’m saying you’re wrong because at all levels of high-completion baseball, that’s the expectation of the players and the training of the umpires. If a catcher sets up on a corner and noticeably has to suddenly jerk his glove in another direction to catch the ball, that’s going to be called a ball. You can disagree about whether or not this should be way things are. But if you think that’s not how things *actually* are, then yes, you would be wrong.
@brokenarrow5928 You are more than welcome to conduct a seminar on forecasting and warning decision-making to the NWS and the Weather Channel. I'm confident they'll benefit from your expertise. Take this from a retired NWS forecaster: BEING WRONG SUCKS!!
@@dannykrise9721 What's the problem with this video? He called balls on two pitches that nobody on the field wants called a strike. He called strike three on a pitch that was less than an inch low. He makes mistakes just like any one of us, but he's certainly not a bad umpire who works the playoffs nearly every year.
@@hbk314 he wasnt slated to work the playoffs prior to filing a discrimination lawsuit against MLB. The players in the league consistently rate him as the worst ump. He blows calls more consistently than almost any other ump. His need for the catcher to frame a pitch for him to see where it crossed the plate is a textbook example of why hes a bad ump. It's not that he doesnt have a hard job it's that he refuses to accept criticism when he does his job poorly.
@@UsesofBatman hes up in box, and in .25 speed at 3:43 it comes in right under is front knee, on a 3-2 you gotta at least foul that off.. as his couch would probably say, protect.. that's a good pitch.
The NYC school system has hundreds of union teachers that show up every day to school and report to a special room. They aren't allowed to teach class or have contact with students. The reason is, it costs too much money to fire them as opposed to show up for a paycheck. Truly sad.
As a twins fan, I remember watching this game and that strike 3 on Jimenez was absolutely atrocious. A joke that he is still employed by Major League Baseball
Jack Melby he isn’t employed by MLB. MLB contracts with the Umpire union to provide umpires. It’s the umpires union that is too spineless to drop kick this shit pile
@@sadmetsfan7660 0:45 Pitcher missed badly. Nobody on the field wants that called. He's ejecting someone in the Twins dugout if he calls a strike when the catcher lunges for it like that. 1:05 This was a correct ball call regardless of the fact that, again, the pitcher missed badly. Basically same as above. Nobody wants that called. 2:46 Pitch that missed the bottom of the zone by .768 inches.
The strikes down the middle because A Hernandez was lined up behind the catcher is inexcusable. When I was taught how to ump LL games you were told to line up in the zone
I'm not a baseball fan but I've been watching a lot of these videos of him. Why can't these teams start protesting him saying if he umps we're not playing. Stand up for the millions you make.
Umps threatened to strike when what’s his name spit on an ump and got banned for five games but for the next season and not the playoffs. Players have a union they (any worker can strike) can strike
That's like asking why Joe West hasn't been fired yet. Good thing Hernandez did- n't ump Mark Buehrle's or P hil Humber's perfect games or neither pitcher would ha- ve gotten them.
At least Cowboy-Joe is a certified cartoon character with better eyes. What's sad is that the Sox recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of Mark's perfect game (and "The Catch"), but does anyone care about, let alone remember, Humber's? Phil is now just a footnote that now gets zero pub / recognition. But, don't forget Jim Joyce blowing the call at first base for the last out of Galarragha's (Tigers) perfect game. At least Joyce later acknowledged missing that call and that's why there is a commissioner in baseball to fix such blunders. He should've stepped in to declare that the last out was indeed made (as acknowledged by that ump) and the game was over with a perfect game intact - now that was a sin that should've easily been remedied where Galarragh could then be given his due, and this should still be done. But for the love of god and the integrity of the game, retire or fire Angel, he just can't call balls/strikes anymore, we all know it! www.mlb.com/video/missed-call-ends-perfect-game-c8616789
@@Rellimguod1 You mean 1 0? Buehrle's perfecto was in 2009; you're right about the 'Catch'. Without DeWayne W ise's catch, Kapler's shot go- es into the seats for a home run & the perfect game is go ne.
@@kevinmiller1985 My bad, good catch - it was indeed the 10th. As a Sox fan, my math skills ain't too good, I didn't have to take off my shoes and socks after all to count all the way up to 20 - in my next lifetime, I'll be sure to pay attention to Sister Mary Elephant's teachings while in her numbers class in school. #goSox
@@hbk314 I mean in general. Even the "worst umps" only get mildly inconvenienced with argumentative managers, and jeering fans. They don't get assaulted or criminally harmed. No player, in the heat of the moment, has used their bat like a club over a really bad play. No drunken fan has gone after an ump before or after a game, when their call "made my team lose" and harmed them.
You missed the point, this is all about the 0-2 pitch which was right down the middle, regardless of how the catcher had to react to catch the ball. I think you would agree that some sort of punishment should be doled out, as this is a pattern for Angel and perhaps he just can't ump anymore, especially in MLB. We deserve better, this wasn't even close.
Rellimguod1 I find it hilarious that people who have never umped competitive ball can presume to tell umpires how to do their job. It is an understood relationship between the catcher and umpire that the umpire is a human being and can’t supernaturally see every angle of the strike zone, especially when the catcher actively hinders him by setting up way off the plate, framing the ball poorly, or standing up and blocking his view. There’s a reason no one even reacted to that 0-2 call other than people watching from the the view on a screen with a nice convenient box (that is often an incorrect representation of the strike zone anyways). The catcher knew he fucked that up and Angel would’ve been a hero if he could’ve seen it from the angle that the catcher forced him to take.
@@Rellimguod1 Nobody on the field wants that pitch called a strike. If he calls that a strike, he's ejecting someone. He's not even going to have that marked incorrect on his report for the game much less getting punished for it.
Well, we're only paying him $7.25M this year and if we want, we can have him for a bargain price of only $8M next year or else we'll have to eat $500k to buy him out (and hopefully send him back to the North Side, they need a catcher now). At least his .194 average is a lot better than AJ Reed's .136 and Danny Palka's .022 (aka the next Babe Ruth - 1 hit out of 45 ABs - move over Chris Davis there's a bigger turd on the South Side). #goSox
Rellimguod1 there is more to it than money. Nothing worse than having a veteran guy around young ballplayers showing them how to play the game the wrong way. I’d rather have James Shield tbh. Even though he couldn’t get outs, at least he set a good example. #CreateGoodCulture
@@Gwazi Watch that language, that type of talk can get you banned from TH-cam. What next, you're gonna say Danny Palka is better than him too (thru 8/24/19, 1 for 45 in the bigs this year). #goSox
Rellimguod1 just clarifying, yonders lifetime stats are WAAAAYYYY better than castillo’s, and at the time yonder got DFAd, he had better 2019 stats than castillo. accept facts. and actually, palka is better than castillo. last year palka is way better than any year castillo. also yonder was a better defender at first than abreu, and that’s the truth and every sox fan knows.
who is a good ump? And what's wrong with Hernandez? I only know the easy basics about baseball but I think its sometime very difficult the call ball or strike.
He has to be on the take. It's impossible for any somewhat competent person able to see to miss as many and as blatant calls as him. And he's a trained professional. Little kids sitting 150 feet away can see what he can't
And now he’s suing the MLB, alleging that his more recent lack of World Series assignments is a result of racial discrimination and not his own performance.
@@kenconnelly773 So he's playing the race card (I'm black, btw) in an organization that has an over 50% minority workforce. Good luck with that, Angel.
@@sirstephen9825 Nobody on the field wants that to be called a strike. If he calls that, he's ejecting someone on the hitter's bench. Have you seen the automated strike zone usage so far? It's awful. MLB umpires are roughly 97% accurate on average.
Absolutely the reason why. He knew he was getting fired so he sued the mlb knowing that he can take advantage of the sluggishness of the legal system: while the case is open, it would look bad for it if they fired him. Sued for racial discrimination? What a joke, and an insult to those who actually are victims of racial discrimination. I hope they sack his ass as soon as this bullshit case is over.
Funny I’m seeing this 2 years later and we’re still asking the same thing! Angel just had another one of his worst games ever just this weekend. Guys a clown and should be working high school games.
Home plate umpires need to be replaced by a computer. Fans on that day collectively paid hundreds of thousands of dollars just to watch Hernandez make a mockery of our national pastime.
@@michaelbrundage5854 seriously stfu. You really can't tell from watching this guy work that he's a total asshole?? There are dozens of videos right here on TH-cam that literally show him being a total asshole, while at work no less. Top that off with his bullshit lawsuit claiming that MLB is racist for not wanting one of the worst umpires in baseball history to call the most important games, and you definitely don't need to know this asshole in person to know that he is a complete and utter asshole.
Why don't all the teams get together and just tell the Umpires association that they will no longer play when Angel is officiating. They should, every single team, demand that Angel be fired.
This is the difference between good catchers and bad ones. He's shit at framing the ball, so badly that he makes strikes look like balls by moving his glove out of the zone
“Angel not having a good day”... seems like it’s a normal day for him.
NAcHO1713 he’s not having a good career
Just another day in the office for Angel
Jon O Hernandez and Joe West are like the Babe Ruth and Ted Williams of crappy umpires
Yep. Happened far too often. The best an umpire can do is not be noticed at all during a game. Hernandez rarely managed to do that.
NAcHO1713 angel never has a good day
Catcher was awful on the first 2, both damn near perfect strikes and he acts like their wild pitches
They’re* edit again
Tyler Reeves It’s not easy to readjust to a 100mph fastball when you’re expecting it on the other side of the plate...
chrisn626 very true but if we’re expected to be understanding for Wellington’s bad job framing, why is it ok to just blast Angel? Not saying you were but, nobody has any clue how impossible it is to call pitches that get pushed out of the zone. If you consistently do that, you’ll have a lot more than just 1 ejection.
This was our backup catcher
@@michaelbrundage5854 how about because Hernandez has one job, and he absolutely sucks at it...Plus he's an asshole. Teams should be boycotting games he's assigned to call.
Hang on I have to check my phone. I have some missed calls
Missed call: Angel Hernandez
Missed call: Angel Hernandez
Missed call: Angel Hernandez
Missed call: Angel Hernandez
Missed call: Angel Hernandez
Missed call: Home
This is gold
@Woody Meggs You're out! ✊🏻 Caught stealing.
Beautiful
Union
😂😂 this was the hardest I’ve laughed today…thank you
Easy Answer: When Angel sued the MLB over thinking the league was discriminating against him, they openly called him a terrible umpire but cannot fire him due to unions.
yea sadly the unions are as flawed as some of their umpires and players........
@Jordan Van Gundy That's an interesting point
Can get fired in a union too
Can't they demote him to umpiring in a lower level?
I grew up in the days the book Japan Inc was a textbook in business school.....at the time of supposed hired-for-life, no layoffs.
If a manager was useless, he wasn't fired...he was put in a out of the way office and given meaningless tasks, till he quit
@@travisdiemer4478 Unless poor performance is not grounds for termination in their CBA, which I would assume is the case here.
He proves himself each and every game. He proves that he doesn't deserve to ump a high school game.
He couldn't ump a T Ball game...
@@alexmay5567 LOL
Eric Plati you had us in the first half
lmao he can't even ump a rec ball game
The only league he’s good at umping is bush league
If you recognize an umpire and know their name, they're a bad ump (except Greg Gibson, the home plate umpire, motioning to both players)
LOL
Totally irrelevant.
@@hbk314How so? Angel Hernandez is one of the very few umpires many people can name, and it's mainly because he's always associated with bad calls. If your referring to the Greg Gibson part, it's a reference to the MLB TH-cam channel
Even Greg Gibson, the home plate umpire, fucking sucks
Yeah well I remember mike esterbrook umping in game 1 of the doubleheader in Red Sox vs Yankees like a month ago
Horrible umping game and he helped the Yankees win🤬
And he wonders why he wasn’t picked for the World Series not that long ago.
but ended up blaming racism for it
@@BootsORiley I remember that shit, too!!! And he got it off, too!!! No matter what race you are, you suck!!! Did u see the MIL/PHI game in national TV last nite?
You gotta give it to him. He’s calling all swings strikes correctly!
Damn. I'm surprised that he can even do THAT.
Called each ball that hit the ground on a hop a ball too. Great eye.
This is why if you have a catcher that can frame pitches it makes a huge difference
My thinking exactly!!!
This was our back up catcher
No, this is why robot umpires are long overdue.
Rocky Feola considering no one except a vocal minority of fans wants them, good luck with that
Wil Crawford I think it’s a little hard to frame a 100 mph fastball when the guy completely misses his spit
He's such a clown.
Look at the BALL not where the catcher's glove ends up!
Nightwing20 tbh it’s way harder than you think especially with really good or really bad framing
I hear both of yall... and I agree. Some catchers are extremely gifted at framing a pitch to make it look like it landed in the strike zone. As an umpire, missing those calls are part of the game...
But in THIS video... for THIS circumstance, where the catcher's arm crossed his ENTIRE BODY.
Give me a fucking break. Angel Hernandez is such a nutsack.
@@austinluszcz1426 yes. I'm sure it is. But guess what, these guys are professionals. They're paid a ridiculous amount of money to do this. And here, we have a guy who is fooled by a catcher trying to catch a ball out of his called location on a ball right down the middle. I wish I could make millions doing what Hernandez does terribly.
The Gaming Killer it’s easy to say the ball was right down the middle when there’s a box on the screen to tell you where the pitch was. I know from experience from the catching side and the umpiring side that pitches like the ones at 0:47 and 2:49 are very hard to call. If I was the white sox coach I would be more mad at my catcher than the umpire and I would be congratulating my catcher if I was the twins coach. You can’t just say they’re professionals therefore they have to be perfect. Catching impacts the game a lot and good framing is rewarded. At first, I thought the first pitch was a ball too and I’m sure a lot of people did too. I GUARANTEE that if most people decided to umpire they would make mistakes like these at some point. They are human.
The Gaming Killer I’m not defending him necessarily, I’m just making a point that catching has a bigger impact on balls and strikes than most people realize. You know people would be booing if he called that pitch a strike but then they would have looked at the box on the screen and they’d be like oh good call. Of course he has a temper but that’s not what I’m talking about. If you’re a player or a manager and your player gets screwed, it’s your job to argue and sometimes, to get ejected. It then becomes the umpire’s responsibility to eject you. It’s all a part of the game. When you are behind the catcher, sometimes your view gets blocked by the hitter when he strides. I’m not saying that is what happened, but its all about the angles. Sometimes the dugout or the pitcher’s mound and especially the tv screen give you a much better view of where the pitch actually was. I remember seeing the overturned calls in the playoffs and 3 of the 4 plays he missed were extremely close and many umpires would have got them wrong as well. Of course the last one was super obvious but my point isn’t that he’s a good umpire. I just think people are too quick to criticize umpires sometimes when the job is way harder than it looks.
3 years later and nothing has changed...still the worst umpire in MLB. 🙄
May '22. Getting worse, not better.
@@jmrichards5910 I want to get a seat right at the tunnel so I can be the one millionth person to let him know how much of a disgrace he is to baseball
@@hudsonm360 One millionth? You must have stopped counting a long time ago.
August 2023 checking in. He just had the worst game in MLB of the year, 24 flat out missed ball strike calls. How can you be tossed for arguing ball strike calls with this dude? If I worked at 7/11 and someone gave me a 20 for 2 dollars of product and I gave them 5 dollars back, I couldn’t throw them out for arguing with me when I am objectively wrong.
His discrimination lawsuit he filed two years ago is still pending. What is taking so long? There isn’t a judge out there willing to watch tape of his bad calls and throw out his case?
I'd fire him, re hire him just to fire him again.
Yup. My grandpa used to call that move the ‘ol “two burn, gonna learn.” Just kidding I made that up.
Then after that I'd offer him a raise to comeback just so i could fire him again
Never seen a strike 5 before, but it's just another day for Angel Hernandez.
It’s so weird to be so publicly bad at your job that you sue your employer…
Remember the no-armed second baseman on Family Guy? Angel Hernandez is the umpire version of that dude.
Yeah the Umpire with no eyes.
I just don't get it, there are perfectly good 2 armed players out there.
Hernandez represents a group of investors who are pushing robo-ump technology
I'm a baseball fan - I watch games of all different teams - And I feel bad for both the White Sox here and the game I love. The fact that MLB refused to acknowledge and deal with Joe West and Angel as a problem infuritates me as a fan. They are a blackeye on the game and the players and fans both have a lot of emotional and financial investment in the game and deserve better than this.
Angel is really susceptible to framing....that’s what’s going on here. Look at the first two. They “miss” wide (right down the middle) and the catcher is dramatic about it...called a ball. Frames a low pitch into the bottom of the zone...called a strike.
No, what he's doing is punishing the pitcher for missing his spot. If the catcher sets up way inside and misses by a lot on a 0-2 count he won't reward the pitcher for missing his spot.
Angel is susceptible to a lot of things 😄
@@aeiou901 the strike zone doesn't change. a ball down the middle is still a strike no matter where the catcher sets up. when you can't see the pitch because you're old and rely on where the catcher catches the ball to determine if its a ball or strike you need to go.
@@aeiou901 it shouldn't matter if the pitcher missed the spot. a ball down the middle of the plate is a strike no matter where the catcher sets up. and it's not the job of an ump to punish a pither for missing his spot, the job of the ump is to call a ball if it missed the strike zone and a strike if it doesn't. the ump should be making calls based on where the ball crosses the plate or not, not where the catcher sets up and and catches the ball.
Am I the only one that thought the White Sox uniform were the Twins the whole time because the manager looks like Ron Gardenhire? Lmao
At first glance yeah, he does look a lot like Gardenhire.
Yeah they do! Gardenhire manages the Tigers now
GrungyAssCinema garden hire hasnt managed the twins in 6 years
@@Lucas-tx3rt it hasn't been that long has it
No you weren’t
How in the hell did he make crew chief?
MLB doesn't have anyone better than him???
B K Don’t worry too much (yet), he’s only filling in for the injured Dana DeMuth.
He sued mlb for being racist against him... Suddenly he was picked as a playoff ump and became crew chief, u know, cause the only reason he wasn't picked for either of those is because the mlb is racist... Not because he sucks at his job. There's a lesson in this... If ur a minority you can sue ur way to the top, even if u suck at ur job lmao
@@mikesirman3148 He's still only a fill in crew chief. His real CC, DeMuth, exited a game in San Diego after taking a foul off his forearm. Most of him being a fill-in CC comes from him being in the league for as long as he is. I'm not here to debate whether he's a good ump, you can decide for yourself. But he still only a fill-in crew chief.
Mike Sirman it’s funny because majority of the mlb are all minorities so i don’t get why he thinks the mlb is racist
@@anthonym7663 I didn't know that, but it's not that surprising. It just sucks that an inadequate ump gets to make blown calls in the playoffs and got a promotion to crew chief because of his race, not his abilities... Cause in all honesty, he's probably only good enough to ump fall ball in little league
As a former baseball umpire, I can say the worst type of umpire is one with a moving strike zone. Call them low, call them inside but be freakin' consistent !
Gotta wonder if other umps see Angel on their assignment card for the week and are just like "Ahh fuck me this day is gonna suck"
3:02 "Angel just isn't having a good day" Since when did Angel ever have a good day?
Cool kid:) never
Can't blame Angel, he is the first legally blind ump, oh wait yes you can, my bad.
Any day he isn't behind the plate is a good day for him and all of baseball.
The thing is with umping, you DON’T want to be famous. That’s how you know ur a bad ump. Like Angel Hernandez.
Except joe west he’s just a legend
Doug Harvey
The bi
The biggest sissy in baseball is bumgarner from the San Francisco Giants
Greg Gibson the home plate umpire tho
"I'm not a bad umpire the strike zone is just racist"
-Angel Hernandez probably
Update: His game calling the Phillies/Brewers the other night is exhibit number 179 why Angel needs to be removed from baseball.
Agree
That seems low.
Angel Hernandez looks like a bootleg Bill Nye, the really blind guy.
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ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!?! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Comment of the year for sure...
Bill Bill Bill Bill
LOL
What I’m confused? This is considered a good game for him 😂
This is why we need electronic strike zones.
Imagine being able to keep your job when your employer, to avoid being sued, has to say, under oath, that you really suck at your job.
He was 1 for 6 in the ALCS last year on replays
Is that bad? 😬
Mortician_Drummer ugh yes. A decent umpire would go 4 for 6. Let’s just say going 1 for 6 in a major league playoff game as an umpire should get you fired. But he’s on the umpire union so he won’t get fired or leave until he retires
The Train Geek My comment was 100% sarcasm, lol. 1 for six is very bad. I didn’t know he was on umpire union, tho. That’s unfortunate
Mortician_Drummer oh lol my bad
The Train Geek It’s all good, lol. I always say “is that bad?” when it’s really really bad just in a sarcastic tone. I legit didn’t know this ump can’t be fired, tho, which is stupid. He’s awful. 🙌🏼
Well i mean come on wtf is castillo doing with that pitch framing
ROBERT KELLY *castro
Yeah, we wouldn't want the umpire to just call the pitches right, would we?
@@drsch you’re being blinded a bit here. The framing was bad enough to confuse even very good umps there. You could tell it was a strike because you had a perfect angle and a box on the screen.
1:17 - “the reach” does not “befuddle” any umpire. In pro ball, no umpire calls those a strike. Angel Hernandez is terrible but this is normal umpiring here.
Maurice Haynes that may be your opinion about how it SHOULD be but you are wrong if you think that’s how it IS.
Maurice Haynes I’m saying you’re wrong because at all levels of high-completion baseball, that’s the expectation of the players and the training of the umpires. If a catcher sets up on a corner and noticeably has to suddenly jerk his glove in another direction to catch the ball, that’s going to be called a ball. You can disagree about whether or not this should be way things are. But if you think that’s not how things *actually* are, then yes, you would be wrong.
Ah yes, no umpire calls pitches right down the middle of the plate strikes. Are you high?
Maurice Haynes sounds like you’ll need me one day
drschplatt you’re the only one saying that so maybe you’re high
He's having the time of his life! What a job, you can make crucial mistakes and never get fired for it...wow
Just like a meteorologist!
@@brokenarrow5928 true true
@brokenarrow5928 You are more than welcome to conduct a seminar on forecasting and warning decision-making to the NWS and the Weather Channel. I'm confident they'll benefit from your expertise.
Take this from a retired NWS forecaster: BEING WRONG SUCKS!!
@@ericschminke8233 lolol 🤣😂
@@brokenarrow5928 A meteorologist cannot get you ejected for pointing out their mistakes.
And Angel wonders why he doesn't crew a world series. He is horrible.
Jonathan Almendarez ikr lol
He's not, and there's nothing in this video to suggest he is.
@@hbk314 we found the troll
@@dannykrise9721 What's the problem with this video?
He called balls on two pitches that nobody on the field wants called a strike. He called strike three on a pitch that was less than an inch low.
He makes mistakes just like any one of us, but he's certainly not a bad umpire who works the playoffs nearly every year.
@@hbk314 he wasnt slated to work the playoffs prior to filing a discrimination lawsuit against MLB.
The players in the league consistently rate him as the worst ump.
He blows calls more consistently than almost any other ump.
His need for the catcher to frame a pitch for him to see where it crossed the plate is a textbook example of why hes a bad ump.
It's not that he doesnt have a hard job it's that he refuses to accept criticism when he does his job poorly.
That called strike three was a little bit low not "way out of the zone"
Less than an inch.
Thats what i was thinking.. swing the bat kid!
@@mAKtre47 it came across the plate at his shins man.
@@UsesofBatman hes up in box, and in .25 speed at 3:43 it comes in right under is front knee, on a 3-2 you gotta at least foul that off.. as his couch would probably say, protect.. that's a good pitch.
tedgey to be fair in a 3-2 count I would personally try to foul that off but still if you pause it was pretty low
The NYC school system has hundreds of union teachers that show up every day to school and report to a special room. They aren't allowed to teach class or have contact with students. The reason is, it costs too much money to fire them as opposed to show up for a paycheck. Truly sad.
Hes gotta have pictures of somebody in compromising positions. Its impossible to be as bad at your job as him and keep it
He pulled the race card, and the MLB doesn't have a spine.
spot on ! If a large majority believes he sucks, he sucks.
What blows my mind is that he pulled the race card when modern baseball and Latin America go hand in hand.
I don't see anything wrong with those calls....
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and this was one of angel’s good days
Instead of working on discrimination suits, he should work on umpiring... At this point, awful would be an improvement for him.
When does Angel ever have a good day umping?
scott newman when pigs fly
when the orioles win another World Series
When the Brewers in the World Series.
Well there was that one time a few years ago I think... my memory is a bit fuzzy but... wait, nevermind... I remember now.
He has never had one
I’ll never again watch a game that Angel Hernandez umpires in. He’s the worst of the worst.
3:32 Even the dang Concession guy is clapping😆
Not all unions are bad, but the one keeping AH employed and the same one that’s gonna get him Hall of Fame status, is. F that union lmao
As a twins fan, I remember watching this game and that strike 3 on Jimenez was absolutely atrocious. A joke that he is still employed by Major League Baseball
Jack Melby he isn’t employed by MLB. MLB contracts with the Umpire union to provide umpires. It’s the umpires union that is too spineless to drop kick this shit pile
It missed by less than an inch.
@@hbk314 ummm no it missed by a little less than a foot
hbk314 It? There were a lot of pitches in this video and all of them missed by at least 5 inches
@@sadmetsfan7660
0:45 Pitcher missed badly. Nobody on the field wants that called. He's ejecting someone in the Twins dugout if he calls a strike when the catcher lunges for it like that.
1:05 This was a correct ball call regardless of the fact that, again, the pitcher missed badly. Basically same as above. Nobody wants that called.
2:46 Pitch that missed the bottom of the zone by .768 inches.
I wonder two things: 1. Does A H watch any of these and realize how bad he is? 2. When will MLB demote him.
The strikes down the middle because A Hernandez was lined up behind the catcher is inexcusable. When I was taught how to ump LL games you were told to line up in the zone
Angel hernandez: umps a game
Everybody: *THIS OUGHTA BE GOOD*
Someone start a petition to get this man out of the league.
Smazing “Dear MLB,
I won’t watch a game on TV if Angel Hernandez is on the crew.
Sincerely,
Your TV Audience.”
Lol I’ve seen angel have worse games
Yeah....like EVERY game he's ever ump'd!
Remember that time he went 1 for 6 in the playoffs when it came to challenges?
Angel appears relieved when the batter swings and missed. “phew! No judgement necessary on that one”
Hilarious when announcers say "Angel Hernandez in typical fashion today" after bad calls XD
I'm not a baseball fan but I've been watching a lot of these videos of him. Why can't these teams start protesting him saying if he umps we're not playing. Stand up for the millions you make.
Umps threatened to strike when what’s his name spit on an ump and got banned for five games but for the next season and not the playoffs. Players have a union they (any worker can strike) can strike
I’m not sure, but I’m starting to get the feeling that he’s not such a good umpire😂😂
This was put out 2 years ago, and he's still just as bad.
Stevie Wonder can hear balls and strikes more accurately than Angle Hernandez can see them.
So.....if a batter on a bad call accidentally releases the bat and it Flys into angel hernandez, that's ok right?
That's like asking why Joe West hasn't been fired yet. Good thing Hernandez did- n't ump Mark Buehrle's or P hil Humber's perfect games or neither pitcher would ha- ve gotten them.
At least Cowboy-Joe is a certified cartoon character with better eyes. What's sad is that the Sox recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of Mark's perfect game (and "The Catch"), but does anyone care about, let alone remember, Humber's? Phil is now just a footnote that now gets zero pub / recognition.
But, don't forget Jim Joyce blowing the call at first base for the last out of Galarragha's (Tigers) perfect game. At least Joyce later acknowledged missing that call and that's why there is a commissioner in baseball to fix such blunders. He should've stepped in to declare that the last out was indeed made (as acknowledged by that ump) and the game was over with a perfect game intact - now that was a sin that should've easily been remedied where Galarragh could then be given his due, and this should still be done. But for the love of god and the integrity of the game, retire or fire Angel, he just can't call balls/strikes anymore, we all know it!
www.mlb.com/video/missed-call-ends-perfect-game-c8616789
@@Rellimguod1 You mean 1 0? Buehrle's perfecto was in 2009; you're right about the 'Catch'. Without DeWayne W ise's catch, Kapler's shot go- es into the seats for a home run & the perfect game is go ne.
@@kevinmiller1985 My bad, good catch - it was indeed the 10th. As a Sox fan, my math skills ain't too good, I didn't have to take off my shoes and socks after all to count all the way up to 20 - in my next lifetime, I'll be sure to pay attention to Sister Mary Elephant's teachings while in her numbers class in school. #goSox
You type weird
All I have to say is Jim Joyce.....I forever hate that dude.
3:30 even the food vendor is applauding against hernandez
Angel has diplomatic immunity
Should just be referred to as an angel game whenever an umpire in MLB has a bad game
I have a good idea. Base their pay off their performance. Just like the players???
Angel Hernandez would have to pay to be an ump.
I'm just pointing out the obvious.
I was at this game. As soon as I saw it was Hernandez behind the dish, I knew t was gonna be a long game. And a long game it was
Who does Angel Hernandez BLOW to keep his job?? This should be investigated!!
Angel Hernandez and Joe West are the main reason for instant replay
And it’s sad Jim Joyce was the last straw that brought it in because of the Galarraga blown call in Detroit. 8 2/3 perfect... 9 IP 0* hits
I'm surprised that Angel didn't eject the two young fans who were booing him..lol!
See, I think it's a testament to the honor and respect that MLB players and fans have, that Umpires haven't been murdered, assaulted, or worse.
Strange comment to make on a video of two good calls and a called strike that missed by less than an inch.
@@hbk314 I mean in general. Even the "worst umps" only get mildly inconvenienced with argumentative managers, and jeering fans. They don't get assaulted or criminally harmed. No player, in the heat of the moment, has used their bat like a club over a really bad play. No drunken fan has gone after an ump before or after a game, when their call "made my team lose" and harmed them.
Let's not overlook the father teaching his kids great respect and sportsmanship by applauding even though hus team lost big.
Angel Hernandez + Home Plate + Crew Chief = DISASTER
Okay 1-2 pitch could have gone either way on the first guy.
You missed the point, this is all about the 0-2 pitch which was right down the middle, regardless of how the catcher had to react to catch the ball. I think you would agree that some sort of punishment should be doled out, as this is a pattern for Angel and perhaps he just can't ump anymore, especially in MLB. We deserve better, this wasn't even close.
Rellimguod1 Look how bad pitcher missed his spot
Rellimguod1 maybe the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. I think you meant to title this video “Wellington Castillo, brutal framing.” Get a clue!
Rellimguod1 I find it hilarious that people who have never umped competitive ball can presume to tell umpires how to do their job. It is an understood relationship between the catcher and umpire that the umpire is a human being and can’t supernaturally see every angle of the strike zone, especially when the catcher actively hinders him by setting up way off the plate, framing the ball poorly, or standing up and blocking his view. There’s a reason no one even reacted to that 0-2 call other than people watching from the the view on a screen with a nice convenient box (that is often an incorrect representation of the strike zone anyways). The catcher knew he fucked that up and Angel would’ve been a hero if he could’ve seen it from the angle that the catcher forced him to take.
@@Rellimguod1 Nobody on the field wants that pitch called a strike. If he calls that a strike, he's ejecting someone. He's not even going to have that marked incorrect on his report for the game much less getting punished for it.
A better question is, how hasn’t Wellington Castillo been fired by now??? Taking away ABs from guys who need them more.
Well, we're only paying him $7.25M this year and if we want, we can have him for a bargain price of only $8M next year or else we'll have to eat $500k to buy him out (and hopefully send him back to the North Side, they need a catcher now). At least his .194 average is a lot better than AJ Reed's .136 and Danny Palka's .022 (aka the next Babe Ruth - 1 hit out of 45 ABs - move over Chris Davis there's a bigger turd on the South Side). #goSox
Rellimguod1 yonder alonso was better than castillo
Rellimguod1 there is more to it than money. Nothing worse than having a veteran guy around young ballplayers showing them how to play the game the wrong way. I’d rather have James Shield tbh. Even though he couldn’t get outs, at least he set a good example. #CreateGoodCulture
@@Gwazi Watch that language, that type of talk can get you banned from TH-cam. What next, you're gonna say Danny Palka is better than him too (thru 8/24/19, 1 for 45 in the bigs this year). #goSox
Rellimguod1 just clarifying, yonders lifetime stats are WAAAAYYYY better than castillo’s, and at the time yonder got DFAd, he had better 2019 stats than castillo. accept facts. and actually, palka is better than castillo. last year palka is way better than any year castillo. also yonder was a better defender at first than abreu, and that’s the truth and every sox fan knows.
MLB needs to get rid of Angel Hernandez
who is a good ump? And what's wrong with Hernandez? I only know the easy basics about baseball but I think its sometime very difficult the call ball or strike.
It’s really bad when even the announcers acknowledge how bad Angel is
This is actually pretty tame for White Sox announcers.
Petition to get Angel Hernandez fired?
That's wayyycist
He has to be on the take. It's impossible for any somewhat competent person able to see to miss as many and as blatant calls as him. And he's a trained professional. Little kids sitting 150 feet away can see what he can't
This question still remains unaswered.
He and Joe West are the WORST.
I can't believe he was actually part of the 2005 World Series umpiring crew.
And now he’s suing the MLB, alleging that his more recent lack of World Series assignments is a result of racial discrimination and not his own performance.
@@kenconnelly773 So he's playing the race card (I'm black, btw) in an organization that has an over 50% minority workforce. Good luck with that, Angel.
Aggressive Attitude Era joe admits he’s wrong
@@dantehaskell5688 Well, there's that.
@@aggressiveattitudeera887 I believe every full-time crew chief is white.
that was an absolute terrible job receiving those pitches by the Catcher.
That was our backup catcher
Beverly Wiffle don’t matter it’s the MLB if you caching the ball out of the zone you shouldn’t be rewarded with strike calls
Beverly Wiffle Jesus how many times did you comment “he’s our backup catcher” it’s not like anyone is saying how could the twins even play this guy
Is the ball in the zone? The catcher should not matter. Lets get robots.
@@sirstephen9825 Nobody on the field wants that to be called a strike. If he calls that, he's ejecting someone on the hitter's bench.
Have you seen the automated strike zone usage so far? It's awful. MLB umpires are roughly 97% accurate on average.
My garage door that was manufactured 30 years ago knows when something is in the zone...
How can an umpire who averages 19 mistakes per game remain in the majors? His error rate is worse than the volunteers at the local Little League.
Honestly, if you have a full count, with bases loaded, a pitch like the one Gibson there will always be a strike. Batter was just looking for a walk
He hasn’t been fired because he sued the mlb
He has sued a couple of times. This is why he is a crew chief now.
cadenr06 no it’s bc the umpires r a union
Robert Brown that’s not exactly true. If he sues the MLB, he’s not gonna win. Angel is just pathetic
Brendan ODonnell The only reason he has sued is to buy himself more time
Absolutely the reason why. He knew he was getting fired so he sued the mlb knowing that he can take advantage of the sluggishness of the legal system: while the case is open, it would look bad for it if they fired him. Sued for racial discrimination? What a joke, and an insult to those who actually are victims of racial discrimination. I hope they sack his ass as soon as this bullshit case is over.
Major League umpires are not held accountable for their consistently bad calls. Ever.
You can’t blame him for either of the first two
Angel Hernandez needs to be fired. Like if you agree
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Hmmm not many...
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Funny I’m seeing this 2 years later and we’re still asking the same thing! Angel just had another one of his worst games ever just this weekend. Guys a clown and should be working high school games.
Angel requires the batter to swing and miss to call a strike.
Home plate umpires need to be replaced by a computer. Fans on that day collectively paid hundreds of thousands of dollars just to watch Hernandez make a mockery of our national pastime.
Angel Hernandez. I could think of something else with the initials A H that best describes him.
American Hero 🤣
Jorge Rodriguez
Asshole is more like it
Alz-heimers because he routinely forgets what the strike zone is lmao
Oh Jorge knows Angel personally? That’s pretty cool. What a loser, you have no clue if he’s an asshole or a saint. Move on.
@@michaelbrundage5854 seriously stfu. You really can't tell from watching this guy work that he's a total asshole?? There are dozens of videos right here on TH-cam that literally show him being a total asshole, while at work no less. Top that off with his bullshit lawsuit claiming that MLB is racist for not wanting one of the worst umpires in baseball history to call the most important games, and you definitely don't need to know this asshole in person to know that he is a complete and utter asshole.
Maybe Renteria wasnt the best at his job but he seemed like a good person
2:56 Epic face from the fan behind lol
Legend has it that half the time....Angel calls strike 4.
im glad that the cup wave made it in the video
One of the WORST umps in the history of sport.
Why don't all the teams get together and just tell the Umpires association that they will no longer play when Angel is officiating. They should, every single team, demand that Angel be fired.
Saying that Hernandez is horse manure is an insult to horse manure.
This is the difference between good catchers and bad ones. He's shit at framing the ball, so badly that he makes strikes look like balls by moving his glove out of the zone
Regi Mills doesnt mean it’s not a strike, you knuckle-dragger
@@nerdinitup7135 Posey or Lucroy would stick it and there'd be no drama. That's the difference.