Bob Nightengale of USA Today had it first, but that article can't be posted here.
Woohoo!! Of course, now there will be fewer youtube videos of bad umpiring....
Should have been “fired like a dog” years ago.
I bet MLB is offering Angel $10 million to retire.
… after a 31 year career.
They should pass the hat among MLB hitters.
MLB statement: “Angel Hernandez has been replaced by an actual blind person who we believe will be a far more accurate umpire.”
This is the number one reason unions completely suck. As bad as Angel Hernandez is, there should be no negotiating...he should just be fired for incompetence.
Kinda like that Cuban judge in Trump’s case. He misses all the calls too... But on purpose.
Wonderful news. I hear some <MLB leagues are using the graphic box with he umps having ear pieces that bleep if the box is touched, else it’s a ball. I’m down. Brewers should have had a shut out today.
He’ll probably get invited to the White House where Biden will say, “I can relate to this guy.”
Our long National nightmare is over.🤣🤣
I didn’t know that being incompetent at your job is controversial.
And yet, by law, we can’t remove the worst president in history, and he won’t retire (or his bosses won’t let him retire).
I saw a clip of one call he made on what he said was a follow through third strike, NOT a legit checked swing, which is surely was, and the batter went BALLISTIC justifiably so! He got ejected from the game, and his team lost. Surprised this ump lasted this long with those kinds of calls.
“ Major League Baseball and Hernández were negotiating a financial settlement over the past two weeks and came to an agreement during the holiday weekend, according to the report.”
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Financial settlement? Sure, major league umpires have a demanding job but they have good incomes and excellent benefits including pensions and health benefits when they retire.