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

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.

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.

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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’

While some fans make framing responsible for this, mostly, they are criticizing him that how he could be fooled by that.

Fans even question his ability to be an umpire.

They even question his integrity as an umpire.

While a few mocked him, calling him a legend.

Angry fans even question the role of MLB.

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