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A catcher catches the ball

Video shows the 10 worst umpire calls of the 2024 MLB season

Much like playes, umpires have gotten better over the years. But umpires are still improving and even they have their bad moments. One video that was shared on Tuesday shows some of the worst umpiring moments from the season. An X account called …

7th inning of a Rangers-Tigers game

Everyone said the same thing about brutal call during Rangers-Tigers game

Infamous umpire Angel Hernandez may have retired, but his legacy has kept his name alive in baseball discourse. The Texas Rangers on Monday hosted the Detroit Tigers for the opener of a three-game series at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. With …

Aaron Boone at a press conference

Aaron Boone defends Angel Hernandez amid retirement news

New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone on Tuesday surprisingly came to the defense of recently retired umpire Angel Hernandez. On Monday, Hernandez announced his retirement after serving over three decades as an MLB umpire. Boone appeared on …

CC Sabathia in a Yankees hat

CC Sabathia goes viral over hilarious reaction to Angel Hernandez’s retirement

Count CC Sabathia among those who are happy to see Angel Hernandez finally go fishing. The notorious MLB umpire Hernandez announced on Monday that he is retiring from baseball, effective immediately. Hernandez is walking away after 33 years as an ump …

Angel Hernandez umpiring a game

Angel Hernandez makes huge announcement

Veteran umpire Angel Hernandez is officially retiring. Hernandez confirmed the news himself on Monday night after reports emerged that the 62-year-old umpire was on the verge of retirement. Hernandez released a statement expressing gratitude for his …

Angel Hernandez leans over

Angel Hernandez makes another brutal call behind home plate

Angel Hernandez was at it again on Friday, making a series of brutal calls behind home plate during a game between the Astros and Rangers.

Gleyber Torres argues with Angel Hernandez

Gleyber Torres screwed by horrible sequence from umpire Angel Hernandez

Infamous MLB umpire Angel Hernandez has found a new way to blow a call. Yankees infielder Gleyber Torres was called out on strikes in the bottom of the first inning of his team’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday. Torres immediately …

Angel Hernandez being yelled at

Angel Hernandez gets roasted again for another brutal performance

The MLB season is less than two weeks old and Angel Hernandez is once again making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Hernandez’s performance as the home plate umpire in Sunday’s game between the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees …

Spencer Torkelson checking his swing

Angel Hernandez goes viral for latest terrible call on hit-by-pitch

Angel Hernandez needed barely one week into the new MLB season to go full Angel Hernandez. The infamous MLB umpire Hernandez went viral during Thursday’s game between the Detroit Tigers and New York Mets. The game went into extras, and in the …

Angel Hernandez umpiring a game

Angel Hernandez ejects Cardinals player twice in same game

Angel Hernandez is in the spotlight yet again, this time for ejecting a St. Louis Cardinals pitcher twice in the same game.

Bryce Harper yelling at Angel Hernandez

Bryce Harper goes off on Angel Hernandez over bad check-swing call

Angel Hernandez continues to add to his greatest hits collection. The infamous MLB umpire Hernandez was working third base during Thursday’s Philadelphia Phillies-Pittsburgh Pirates game. With lefty Bryce Harper at the plate in the third …

Angel Hernandez umpiring a game

Angel Hernandez loses appeal of discrimination lawsuit against MLB

Angel Hernandez unsuccessfully sued Major League Baseball several years ago for discrimination, and the longtime umpire has lost another appeal in the case. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan on Tuesday rejected Hernandez’s …

A Hector Neris pitch crosses the plate

Angel Hernandez had another bad missed call behind the plate

Umpire Angel Hernandez has a difficult time getting his calls right on pitches low and away when he’s behind the plate. It’s no surprise he had another bad miss this weekend. Hernandez was the home plate umpire for Sunday’s Houston …

A pitch in the glove of the Nats

Angel Hernandez blows strike call pitch before home run

Angel Hernandez is back and doing what he does best: blowing calls. Hernandez returned to umpiring in MLB this week after missing most of the season due to a back injury. On Wednesday, he was behind the plate for the first time this season. He did no …

Angel Hernandez calls a runner safe

Umpire Angel Hernandez badly blew call in return from back injury

Longtime umpire Angel Hernandez made his MLB return on Monday night following a lengthy injury absence, and he wasted very little time living up to his reputation. Hernandez is known for blowing calls. The 61-year-old has missed the majority of the …

Angel Hernandez umpiring a game

MLB explains Angel Hernandez’s absence from umpiring

Angel Hernandez has long been one of MLB’s most high-profile umpires, albeit for all the wrong reasons. That has made his absence in 2023 even more conspicuous. Hernandez has only worked one game all season. He served as the first base umpire …

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