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Texas Rangers manager Chris Woodward was ejected from Tuesday’s game, and it came at the hands of baseball’s most notorious umpire. Woodward was tossed by crew chief Angel Hernandez in the sixth inning of his team’s contest against …
Umpire Angel Hernandez continues to make us wonder how he keeps his job. Hernandez had one of the worst blown strike calls of the season on Tuesday night. He was behind the plate for the New York Yankees-Toronto Blue Jays game and didn’t call a …
AJ Hinch was ejected in the first inning of a spring training game on Friday and thinks the way umpire Angel Hernandez handled things was “ridiculous.” Hinch spoke after his Houston Astros beat the St Louis Cardinals 5-0 in a spring game …
CC Sabathia went in on umpire Angel Hernandez after his New York Yankees lost Game 4 of the ALDS on Tuesday night. Sabathia pitched and took the loss after allowing three runs on five hits and two walks in three innings against the Boston Red Sox. …
Angel Hernandez has been an MLB umpire since 1991, but he probably never received more attention while working first base than he did during Monday night’s ALDS game between the Red Sox and Yankees. In fact, Hernandez’s night was talked …
Pedro Martinez poured it on Angel Hernandez after Game 3 of the ALDS between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox. Hernandez had three calls at first base overturned during the Red Sox’s 16-1 win over the Yankees. A few of the plays were …
Umpire Angel Hernandez had a rough Game 3 of the ALDS on Monday night, having four of his calls reviewed by replay and three overturned in fewer than five innings of the game. In the bottom of the second, Hernandez called Didi Gregorius safe at first …
Angel Hernandez admitted on Monday that he got a strike call wrong to end Sunday’s Chicago Cubs-San Diego Padres game. Hernandez was the homeplate umpire during the Cubs’ 10-6 defeat and called Anthony Rizzo out on strikes on a 3-2 pitch …
The Chicago Cubs were furious with a game-ending strike call made by umpire Angel Hernandez on Sunday. Anthony Rizzo was called out on strikes on a full count pitch with two outs in the bottom of the 9th despite the pitch being on the chalk, several …
Umpire Angel Hernandez was at it again on Tuesday night. Hernandez, who has a reputation for being terrible at his job, received criticism for his poor handling of the strike zone during the Milwaukee Brewers-Arizona Diamondbacks game. Hernandez blew …
CC Sabathia had some words for umpire Angel Hernandez after a missed strike call in the third inning of the New York Yankees’ 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday night. Sabathia thought a 1-2 pitch to Justin Upton should have been …
Angel Hernandez isn’t exactly the most popular umpire in Major League Baseball, and now we can add Ian Kinsler to his long list of critics. A day after Hernandez ejected him from a 6-2 loss to the Rangers for arguing balls and strikes, the …
Your browser does not support iframes. During Friday’s game between the Washington Nationals and Atlanta Braves, Nate McLouth hit a ball that was probably going to be a base hit and advance Bryce Harper to third base. But, the ball found second …
Former Atlanta Braves legend Chipper Jones was so disgusted with the umpiring of Angel Hernandez on Friday night, he began telling fans to boycott Hernandez-umpired games. Jones first got upset when Braves shortstop Andrelton Simmons was called out …
Buck Showalter was ejected for the first time all season, and he certainly got his money’s worth. The Orioles manager was run during the second inning of his team’s 7-6 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night, and the ejection was …
Angel Hernandez blew a call in the 10th inning of the Chicago White Sox-Miami Marlins game on Friday, causing announcer Hawk Harrelson to hilariously flip out on air. The White Sox and Marlins were tied at three in the bottom of the 10th and Alex …
