[DFG]

In the Red Sox-Yankees ALDS game last night, Angel Hernandez had 3 calls reversed by instant replay.

Hernandez is the home plate umpire in game 4 tonight.

https://nypost.com/2018/10/09/pedro-martinez-mlb-needs-to-do-something-about-horrible-umpire/

[ColdOne]

I have seen him call some horrible calls over the years.

[Haiku Guy]

Behind the plate?

This should be fun.

Any play that was even close to close got reviewed last night, and most often got overturned.

Not that it mattered. My Yankees got blown out. Ugly game.

[big'ol_freeper]

He has always been a horrible umpire. I cringe that he’s calling balls and strikes tonight. He sucks.

[Haiku Guy]

It’s really great the way he calls people out and safe. Great gestures. Very emphatic and dramatic.

Unfortunately, the calls have nothing to do with what actually happened on the field.

[Ransomed]

Angel Hernandez vs Laz Diaz for the heavy weight championship of prima donna umpiring would be an awesome battle.

Freegards

[Buckeye McFrog]

Baseball has had Hispanic umpires for a long time.
His suit is bunk.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Go Astros!

[BookmanTheJanitor]

Really bad at what he does combined with a huge chip on his shoulder...what a combo.

[stylin19a]

Cripes...he had to get this in there:
MLB’s lack of minority umpires is a problem, one that dovetails with its overly white ownership groups and front offices.

They can't get blacks to play baseball anymore.

Players:
2016 - 63% white;
6,7% ( same as 1956 ) blacks;
27.4% Latinos

Altogether there are 68 umpires in the Majors, and 225 in the minor leagues.
openings are rare.
can't force people to become umpires.

[hardspunned]

I still hate instant replay. Could you imagine this joker botching a game like this between the Yankees and Orioles when Billy Martin and Earl Weaver were managing? I miss baseball of yesteryear.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Might want to check his gambling history.

[JohnBrowdie]

this isn’t a newsflash for anyone that knows their baseball. the triumvirate of umpire suckage is cb bucknor, joe west, and angel hernandez.

[hinckley buzzard]

I saw an abundance of blown calls this year. No idea why, it isn’t rocket science. And the addition of an electronic strike zone on TV has exposed the unreliability of calling balls and strikes the old fashioned way.

[SKI NOW]

Any relation to Don Denkinger?

Perhaps Don only had that one call between St. Louis and Kansas City that I remember, But it was a doozy.

[libertylover]

I saw two of the three blown calls at first base. The first on was very, very close but the replays show that he got it wrong. The second one wasn’t close at all. The replay review lasted about 2 seconds. I didn’t see the third.

Behind the plate tonight? Ugh. Sounds like it could be ugly.

[M Kehoe]

No Hernández, they (MLB) doesn’t discriminate against you because you’re Latino, they discriminate against you because you are blind.

5.56mm

[2CAVTrooper]

Bye, bye yankees.

4-1, down to your last three outs, and Kimbrel is warming up in the bullpen.