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MLB umpire Angel Hernandez is trending for the wrong reasons again.
Hernandez has found himself at the center of controversy due to his terrible calls on the field.
On Thursday, Hernandez stuck out Harper on a 3-2 check swing call.
After looking at the replay, it was clear that Harper wasn’t close to a full swing.
Guess what umpire called this a swing? pic.twitter.com/hJrYaU8H4r
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) September 28, 2023
After the strikeout, a heated Harper went over the Hernandez and let him have it. After Hernandez tossed him out of the game, Harper went berserk on the veteran ump before tossing his helmet into the crowd.
Bryce Harper just got ejected by Angel Hernandez after Angel made a bad call when Bryce checked his swing. Bryce went off on him. And then chucked his helmet into the crowd. A kid is now wearing his helmet!
— John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) September 28, 2023
Update: Harper continued to rip into Hernandez while speaking with reporters.
“I mean, it was just bad, just all around. You’re grinding out an at-bat, facing a guy I’ve never faced before. I get to a 3-2 count, I take a slider down and in, obviously didn’t go, and wasn’t even thinking about it in that situation. Just taking my stuff off and I heard the crowd’s reaction and I was like, there’s no way.”
“Just Ángel in the middle of something again. It’s just every year, it’s the same story, same thing. I’m probably going to get a letter from [MLB’s senior vice president of on-field operations] Michael Hill, and I’m going to get fined for being right, again. It’s the same thing over and over and over and over again. It’s just not right.”