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Umpires are an integral part of baseball. They are always in the field to control the game and impose the rules. The decision of the umpire is the last word in every baseball game, so they are expected to be careful and responsible. However, not all umpires are efficient in their jobs, especially Angel Hernandez.
While Umpires play an essential role in MLB games, significantly because their decisions can alter the result of the game, they should carefully watch every move before the decision. However, Angel Hernandez is one of the most controversial umpires, facing severe criticism for his recently surfaced misses during this season.
Angel Hernandez’s Shocking Stat of Misses Went Viral on Social Media
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In the sports field, the Umpires have the most crucial duty. While good umpiring not always really brings them to the limelight, bad umpiring brings criticism. Angel Hernandez has always been renowned for his bad umpiring skills and is often criticized by fans, coaches, and players. He had not been assigned in any World Series Championship since 2005, but this has yet to improve his umpiring abilities, as proved this season. This season, Hernandez was umpiring in the MLB games, but his decisions raised questions again.
Ángel Hernández has missed 81 balls and strikes calls this year in just 6 games behind the plate. pic.twitter.com/UJYiuWvMwH
— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) September 7, 2023
A video of Hernandez’s umpiring has gone viral that shows the umpire missed 81 balls and strike calls this season, until now. This number is quite too- high to neglect. The video is a collage of the faulty umpiring he had done during games this year and clearly shows he missed the balls and strikeouts, which were not even confusing to call.
Since the video has gone viral on Twitter, baseball fans got angry with him, brutally criticizing him and his abilities to be an umpire. They even question his integrity as an umpire.
Fans Slammed Angel Hernandez For His Faulty Umpiring
Fans are one of the main strength of a player, or celebrity, even leagues. So, when the video of Hernandez surfaced, fans jumped over him to express their anger and frustration. Some called him ‘egregious’
It’s not just the number of misses. It’s the degree of the misses. Some of these are so egregious, it’s like he decided it was gonna be a strike before the pitch was even thrown.
— NoQuarter89 “It’s 2023 and HOES STILL MAD” (@noquarter89) September 8, 2023
While some fans make framing responsible for this, mostly, they are criticizing him that how he could be fooled by that.
How can umpires still be fooled by framing? Have they ever watched a video?
Some of those balls were moved more than a foot. It’s not even remotely subtle.
Everyone in the world knows it’s happening. These guys are willfully bad.— Chris (@VitaminCM) September 7, 2023
Fans even question his ability to be an umpire.
How does Angel Hernandez still have an umpiring job?
— perseverent1 (@onmymindintexas) September 8, 2023
They even question his integrity as an umpire.
I do not understand how Major League Baseball doesn’t see this as a violation of the integrity of the game. These umpires that are not capable of doing their job continue to officiate games in a playoff race. It’s an unbelievable embarrassment and the league does nothing
— Kevin Clon (@KClonin85) September 8, 2023
While a few mocked him, calling him a legend.
Absolute legend. Guy is in a league of his own
— StrongSide Jr (@AndrewHanus) September 8, 2023
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Angry fans even question the role of MLB.
And MLB will never do anything about it. Why?
— Chris Bailey (@cbailey9999) September 8, 2023
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