After decades calling games and irking everyone from baseball players to announcers to fans, umpire Angel Hernandez is calling it quits.
That led to seamheads everywhere sharing their favorite bad calls from the ump who everyone loved to hate, and now that he’s retiring, the spotlight will swing to other umpires and their calls that we’ll share because they’re so bad.
Before that happens, it’s a good time to look back at some of the absolutely terrible calls we’ve seen from Hernandez over the years that we’ve featured here on For The Win. Here’s a sampling of 10 rough moments:
Phil Nevin gets ejected… Leave it to Angel Hernandez to ruin all the fun with a bad call pic.twitter.com/o2rNd8YNDD
— Talkin' Yanks (@TalkinYanks) August 5, 2020
Umpires should never trend on twitter. Pass it on.
— Umpire Auditor (@UmpireAuditor) September 15, 2020
Angel Hernandez called this pitch to José Abreu a strike. It missed outside by 3.35 inches.@Twins v @whitesox pic.twitter.com/pKEifWHFrO
Kyle Schwarber had enough of Angel Hernandez' calls at the plate tonight pic.twitter.com/kAaIWM1Hvi
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) April 25, 2022
He wasn’t the first player to lose his cool with Hernandez.
Angel Hernandez calls a ball foul that clearly bounced on the chalk on replay pic.twitter.com/5nJW1XE87A
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) July 9, 2022
Welcome back, Ángel Hernández! 😂 pic.twitter.com/iIhEiq7Sj2
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) August 1, 2023
He wasn’t just bad behind the plate!
Angel Hernandez rung up Bryce Harper on this check swing call
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) September 28, 2023
Harper lost it, got ejected and then tossed his helmet into the crowd pic.twitter.com/JcUB2V5VhU
Here's video of #STLCards starter Lance Lynn getting ejected by Angel Hernandez in tonight's spring training start.
— Corey Miller (@corey_miller5) March 9, 2024
Lynn even got kicked out of the bullpen after trying to get some work in after the ejection.
📽️ by our freelancer, Hot Shots Video Productions pic.twitter.com/wkONEE5nbe
The Rangers broadcast’s reaction to this Angel Hernandez punchout is understandable. pic.twitter.com/YYm3RVzjWM
— Greg Rajan (@GregRajan) April 13, 2024
This is from earlier in the week.