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- Angel Hernandez is back behind the plate in 2022.
- As is per usual, he is up to no good.
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Major League Baseball has been officially back for less than a week and Angel Hernandez is already causing problems. With the return of America’s favorite pastime came the return of America’s least favorite umpire.
In most instances, it is better that the fans at home don’t consider an umpire a household name. There are very few umpires who are known by serious, casual and non-baseball fans alike.
That list is highlighted by Hernandez for all of the wrong reasons. He is notorious for being one of the worst umpires in the sport. Here are just a few examples why:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1NcRwKM7Q8&ab_channel=MadeTheCut
At 60 years of age, the veteran umpire began his 31st season in the MLB last week. Now, in just week two, he is already up to his old tricks.
Hernandez was behind the plate for last night’s game between Atlanta and Washington. He was off the mark early and often.
angel hernandez is actually blind. there is absolutely no other explanation. pic.twitter.com/KM5mm5SXIf
— lex • fan acc (@bloopyszn) April 12, 2022
Angel Hernandez says this was a ball. pic.twitter.com/zqtUKscusy
— Traded Danny. (@DidEspiGetAHit) April 12, 2022
how is Angel Hernandez still in the league pic.twitter.com/Etevpb3FWY
— Chris (@ryanzimmerGOAT) April 12, 2022
His strike zone was all over the place and inconsistent.
Back-to-back pitches. Angel Hernandez. pic.twitter.com/L45zF6F23D
— Welcome to the Ump Show (@umpjob) April 12, 2022
And then, during the eighth inning, he bizarrely got jiggy with it. As a reminder, baseball is not about the umpire— something that Hernandez seemed to have forgotten.
He debuted a strange hand signal to indicate the count. For some reason he swung it around as if he was at a rap concert or trying to imitate the flight of a butterfly.
https://twitter.com/umpjob/status/1513726950002597889?s=20&t=y9KFpyOux4oyMyDFFD2lDw
At the end of the game, his final count for missed calls was truly impressive in the worst way.
Umpire Angel Hernandez missed 16 calls on the night. Two of them were called balls that should've been strikeouts.
The first to Orlando Arcia and the second to Cesar Hernandez.#National #Braves pic.twitter.com/WgE8Cr3S23
— Umpire Auditor (@UmpireAuditor) April 12, 2022
It does not look like year 31 is going to be any different for Hernandez. New year, same story.