THE VERY BEST OF ANGEL HERNANDEZ

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[@scottlewis8681]

Angel Hernandez, the best there is, the best there was, the best that will ever be. perfection, never has called a pitch correct.

[@slyjokerg]

He has, but when it happens, it is an accident, a coincedence, a freak occurrence.

[@MMMmyshawarma]

Angel gets 100% fooled by the catcher framing pitches.

[@coldshot1723]

Exactly what I was going to say. Some of these catchers have perfected their technique in framing the pitch and Angel isn't good enough to catch them.

[@blindfire3167]

A lot of the time yes, but at times like 3:46 he's really just bad

[@barryhoggle2354]

it looks like that but no.... he really is that bad

[@barryhoggle2354]

4:58 absolutely horrendous

[@jbenz1990]

Agree but there’s only so much a catcher can frame the pitch to make it believable. Some of these strikes were terrible. Not sure if lasik eye surgery would help him at this point

[@kristins9456]

Freddie's eye roll at 1:05 pretty much says it all.

[@stpfan729]

Harper at 1:13 too 😂

[@PinkHitMe]

The look when you realize the angel show has begun

[@JohnnyKChop]

These batters are straight up PUNISHED by Hernandez for having a good eye. It’s disgraceful.

[@zachkrampien8699]

If I was an MLB pitcher and Hernadez was behind the plate, I'd throw every pitch 2-3 inches off the plate. Why would you ever throw more hittable pitches in the zone when he's calling those as strikes?

[@victoriachambers5947]

I would throw outside low pitches that’s usually what he calls strikes

[@Silver_dawgnic104]

He usually calls strikes off the plate, not on. He missed many down the middle and called them a ball.

[@ray.shoesmith]

Actually, these ARE his best calls...

[@kratoscallofduty]

Mlb: we're gonna try to speed up the game. Angel: hold my strike zone.

[@thedink5]

Umpire Angel Hernandez missed 23 calls in the #Yankees #Astros game. He now has the lowest correct call rate in the league.

[@Pick.myChoo]

Should we be celebrating 🎉

[@barryhoggle2354]

HOFer for the worst ever

[@Silver_dawgnic104]

Surprised he wasn’t already lol

[@johnny1963ify]

Well, he is consistent. Strikes are just off the plate.

[@tmcclafferty]

We probably have to thank Angel Hernandez for the pitch clock because it sped up the time that everyone was using to complain about him

[@olunix9479]

off the field, an amazing guy. super nice and caring of the community. on the field, worst umpire in history.

[@DZegers13]

The guy literally sued the league claiming racial discrimination because he wasn’t promoted to crew chief and given playoff games. Not sure I’d say he’s a great guy off the field.

[@Calibrex_Gaming]

Perhaps advocate for better unions

[@gabriels1163]

@@Calibrex_Gaming Its the opposite problem in this case. The ump union is too strong, not too weak. He is protected even though he doesnt meet the standards required and has a history of being unable to do his job. Similar to the police unions who protect murderers and racists.

[@Calibrex_Gaming]

@@gabriels1163 that’s my point, the unions need to do better

[@Drew-pd8nt]

Yeah nah, I wouldnt trust this guy anywhere near me. If he acts like this at work, he is doing it at home too. Just because you dont see it doesnt mean its not happening.

[@Rodzilagunz]

The look on Haders face when he got that last call. You just have to swing when hes umping

[@nilssonakerlund2852]

It's really not that complicated with Angel Hernandez. Balls are strikes and strikes are balls. Swing (and pitch) accordingly.

[@jpatrick1967]

“Best of” and Angel Hernandez are so far from each other it would take 10,000 years for light to reach each other

[@detangojet]

I would love to see AF draw what his strike zone is. I think he likes his punch out routine and watches it on sports center over and over.

[@twill5626]

He seems to think a baseball bat is about 50% longer than it actually is.

[@detangojet]

@@twill5626 😂

[@ViaticalTree]

AF?

[@detangojet]

@@ViaticalTree my bad. Shoulda been AH.

[@ericgrassmyer1517]

Here after the retirement announcement 😂

[@swagmuffin9000]

The fog one "for hitters and for the outfielders to pick up the ball" Umpires should have been added to that

[@PsychoThirteen]

Umpires should've TOPPED the list!

[@michaelsica8839]

If it was a real "very best" it would be a blank screen

[@jorguzman3490]

I love this guy!!! He added a real twist to every game

[@K1SH1RYU]

Alt title: Angel Hernandez at his best

[@Silver_dawgnic104]

Prime of Angel Hernandez

[@K1SH1RYU]

@@Silver_dawgnic104 this

[@craigw.miller9820]

I have a problem with the computer generated strike box, no matter who the umpire is. Sometimes the top of the box is letter high and sometimes it is belt high. The strike zone on it's lower end is at the hollow of the knee but sometimes the box is at the top of the knee and I have seen the box seem to shift during an at-bat.

[@josephpacelli3691]

Anything above the hands is also a ball

[@marc3702]

I actually agree with you, but even if we take the box off, Angel Hernandez is still way off. I will agree that some of those calls are strikes, even if not touching the box, but quite a few of them were "just a bit outside"

[@steampassion9872]

He's famous in Korea, too. It's just great to still referee in the Major League.

[@roywall8169]

This video could have been 45 minutes if you add in his missed calls on the base pads.

[@houstoneuler]

Am curious if anyone has sorted these bogus calls by inning to see if they detect a pattern of wanting to go home.

[@Iamacardinalfan]

I just remember a few years ago when the Cardinals started at home with this hack being the HP Umpire. Top of the first, it was one of the above calls. And the Cardinals announcer says. I see Angel is already in mid-season form.

[@elmerbonilla2872]

Who’s here for the announcement of his retirement?

[@mste910366]

Keep in mind this is the guy who missed the call on an obvious home run even after a video replay.

[@edwardjam9832]

Yeah, even when he's wrong he can't admit if....incredibly thin skinned, sorta like the US last presidential Trump.

[@austin.draude]

Let's be fair about something though... that Braves-Phillies highlight where they have a position player pitching, if it's remotely close he gets those strikes.

[@asdc-central2112]

The announcers saying it's "on the corner" over and over again- wtf? Can we assume that MLB execs have sent an edict banning criticism of Angel? Holy crap!

[@mste910366]

Actually during the Phillies-Brewers game where Schwarber got ejected the announcers were talking about the players reactions to his calls. They knew he was bad , even by his own standards that night v

[@PsychoThirteen]

A few of them added "according to Angel Hernandez" which I interpret as "WTF?"

[@kathybricks2827]

If Angel Hernandez is going to umpire a game, it should be protested by both teams !!!!

[@roybatty-]

Maybe favorite are the strikes he calls balls.

[@the_desert_dweller]

teams need to protest every game Hernandez umpires.

[@thekdubya2848]

If it's close swing the bat. If he's going to call it a strike you're better off trying to hit it.

[@consanna]

The season has just started and Angel is back at it.

[@MobilDJ50]

you might as well swing at everything. If it's a ball he'll call it a strike. And if he calls it a ball that means it was right down the middle.

[@LowTrisProductions]

Angel brings a new meaning to Paint the corner

[@rickschaefer7415]

Yeah, paint the corner with a roller

[@wabio]

It's not even about calling balls and strikes though. He misses calls all over the diamond. First base, third base, outfield. You name it. It's like he shows up drunk or something.

[@flexman70]

"according to Angel" 😅😅😅😅😅

[@dasfinalgaming]

Whenever you are anxious about your next job interview, or you think you're bad at your job, or are losing the motivation to get that promotion.... REMEMBER: Angel Hernandez still has a job at the highest level of the sport.

[@EatTheMarxists]

It was announced about an hour or so ago that Angel Hernandez has retired and will not umpire another MLB baseball game. Edit: I’m sure you’ve noticed but he pretty much always falls for the catcher’s pitch-framing. It’s ridiculous.

[@Ranger1216]

I think that his calls are defendable if you count that the ball passes the strike zone over the plate and not where the catcher receives it.

[@De4dSp0t]

I'm convinced Angel doesn't even track the ball and just checks where the catcher ends up framing it. Just put him on third base ffs, stop putting him in these positions that matter.

[@BetImRight]

His strike zone is all over the place. He's a House of Mirrors Umpire, disgraceful. To think he brought race into why he's never ump'd in a World Series... smh Just disgraceful.

[@BreadPitt7]

His strike 3 call is cool and smooth af

[@jburns52]

Hey, it's Enriquo Palazzo!

[@chicklets4ever51]

TBH, some of these calls were pretty close. Also, the two-dimensional strike box does not give a perfectly accurate sense of whether the balled traveled through the zone to the catcher's mitt. Sometimes a breaking ball will end up slightly outside the strike zone after traveling through it.

[@FruitNDoggie]

I'm amazed none of these batters are walk away from the plate, treating it like a blind man's cane. I wouldn't be able to hold myself back, personally.

[@JPBelanger]

Thing is, he's bad on both sides. He has no favorites. So all you'll be doing is taking yourself out of the game. (Don't get me wrong, he's a pain to watch, and shouldn't be refereeing little league).

[@JPBelanger]

Man, just watched the Milwaukee Philly game part of the video. I stand corrected. At some point, I would have gone nuts.

[@robustbottlecap]

Doesn't do mainstream titles, and has a good range for type of content that is enjoyable for baseball fans like me. Thumbs up

[@JG-zs8tr]

I don’t get bothered when the call is missed high or low. Every batter’s build is different, the zone shifts up and down, etc. But AH is almost always way off laterally. I don’t see how that’s possible unless you’re corrupt or cross-eyed.

[@TheGhostOfRazgriz23]

I bet if a pitcher threw behind the batter Angel Hernandez would call a strike.

[@iitstre_4550]

As long as it didn’t hit him and the catcher framed it well. 😂😂😂😂

[@TheGhostOfRazgriz23]

@@iitstre_4550 Definitely 🤣🤣🤣

[@frankanon4450]

Always cracks me up when you hear the announcer be all salty about the calls until they are getting the calls then you don't hear anything ;)

[@twill5626]

That AR strike zone square has destroyed Angel’s whole life.

[@MK-zm8vl]

We just need to extend home plate by 4 inches on each side, and we are good.

[@roywall8169]

The worst official in any sport. His incompetence is legendary.

[@ogr7771]

For most of those we use to call that a large strike zone, and if that strike box wasn't put on the TV screen nobody would say anything. A couple of the way outside one were pretty bad though.

[@aidengreen8326]

HE WAS FIRED LFG

[@KlingonCaptain]

He's umpire for tonight's Rangers at Huston game. It's bonkers!

[@aidengreen8326]

@@KlingonCaptain I read a fake report at the time 💀

[@aklestinec]

I used to defend umpires calling balls and strikes and never using an automated strike zone. After watching years of the awful balls and strikes called I can’t defend them anymore. It’s gotten worse as well.

[@dannyperrino5308]

He consistently is rated at the bottom of all umpires. Yet the union will never support MLB firing him. Sometimes you just have to admit that your union member should be fired. You’re holding back the advancement of a more qualified umpire by continuing to support this farce. Being an MLB umpire is kinda like being on the US Supreme Court. Lifetime position regardless of how terrible you are. This spring they held those “futures” games for the top prospects. In those games players were allowed to challenge umpires calls. The system worked perfectly! Some calls were overturned. MLB needs to do this for the Major League too ASAP

[@jeffhemmen9088]

A lot of those were actually strikes. Especially if you have two strikes on you. You should always be swinging if it's close

[@Cahriid]

recommended to me after he announced his retirement LOL

[@stonephilips9361]

Maybe the Fans could help out with a boycott. Money changes everything. 🙏🏼

[@gabriels1163]

The teams/players are the ones that really need to do it. If they took a stand and said we refuse to play if he is on the field, he would be gone immediately. MLB cant afford to break their tv contracts with forfeited games, but they can afford to have a few thousand less tickets sold from a fan boycott. Schwarber hates his guts, someone needs to tell him to start a player boycott.

[@groupersti]

The more attention he gets GOOD or BAD...He loves it all.

[@joefelice5062]

Angel missed a balk and then called a neck-high pitch a strike in a TOR-NYY game recently, all in a split second. That’s two for one …

[@slimshady951000]

That brewers Phillies game has to be one of the worst umpiring I’ve ever seen

[@maconwills4009]

Bad when both teams are rolling their eyes at the calls

[@robertryder3319]

There are a lot of umps who think they are bigger than the game and by far this video nails it! He is equally bad as a base ump, thank God for video review. This is the poster child for a robo ump!

[@kennethbouley8748]

Whenever Angel gets out of the shower in the morning, he calls his balls strikes.

[@kennyd2134]

This was a much longer video than I was expecting

[@brianbanks3044]

on the edge, caught the corner...love the euphemisms for shitty calls by Angel

[@MountainStreamLives]

Some of the strikes in the Subway series game were indeed strikes.

[@wess.9193]

I would never throw a strike until he absolutely made me come into the zone.

[@zenglider2145]

He's wrecking the game! MLB can't even golden parachute him off the field into retirement?

[@yawnwarrior]

It doesn’t matter so much as long as he’s equally horrendous to both teams in a game

[@TC-mr6zg]

He has a consistently wide strike zone. Swing the bat if he's umping.

[@danrodrigues3531]

Given the fact that nobody has anything good to say about the way Angel calls the games, you would think that he would at least attempt to get better but he doesn't seem to give a shit about what he's doing.

[@bonnie.duncan]

these announcers need to stop with that “on the corner” bullshit just because it’s benefiting their team…have some balls and CALL OUT THE BAD CALLS!!

[@juggler64]

To be fair, the vast majority of these were close to the strike zone, and could have been called that way by any other umpire. His actual greatest hits would be the times when he more obviously blows it.

[@MatthewSmith-cv7op]

Most people forget his infamous call at the plate and when later asked said he had a flight to catch.

[@outcast668]

Fire the dude. lol. #Terrible

[@stevenleslie8557]

Is this true?

[@MatthewSmith-cv7op]

Mets players believed that to be the case.

[@turdmcgurd]

Man it would be great if he started an impaired vision fund

[@TheAnoiing]

Exhibit A- when the players' union calls for robot umps.

[@uncannyx]

the fact we all know this ump's name is a giant red flag

[@bwhite9008]

My mans says fuck a rectangle, I’ll judge it as a rectangel

[@rvr1892]

tHESE ANNOUNCERS ARE JUST AS BAD AS ANGEL!!!

[@DerekLFoster]

If we all didn’t have 4k tvs and that strike zone box would we really think he was that bad?

[@jeffreywonser3241]

He just doesn't see the corners of the zone. But fortunately, he's a disaster on first base because he can't pick up the foot/ball in the glove, too!

[@kenthehobo]

I'm gonna miss him like he missed the strike zone

[@bobapep20]

What a load of crap!!! You didn't finish the Scharber rant?!?!?! That's literally the best Angel Hernandez rant ever!!!

[@billbeliakoff5589]

I wonder what MLB would do if teams refused to take the field for games when Hernandez is the plate umpire ?

[@kgilliagorilla2761]

This video could be a lot longer. Dude is brutal. You didn’t show strikes he calls balls.

[@KwameClark-sw9kf]

you cant go on the k zone box they domnt ajust it for each batter

[@douchopotamus3755]

even the motion he uses to call the strike is annoying*

[@billw7894]

If you are a pitcher why would you ever throw it over the plate when close is good enough 😂

[@nilssonakerlund2852]

His strike zone is determined by where the catcher situates himself, instead of where the plate is.

[@juggernawttt]

Get em angel!

[@ThePsho]

He definitely missed a lot of calls, but a lot of them could have been at least partially excused if he showed any kind of humility on the field. That being said, as a spectator, I'd rather have an ump call a wider strike zone. Get them to swing the bats. Incidentally, I'm sure they study film on umps just like they study film on pitchers. Tell your team "we've got a big strike zone today. Protect the plate, protect half of both batter's boxes, ankles to armpits. Swing, damnit."

[@trex70]

Is there a fair comparison with other referees?

[@acb9896]

Give the guy a break. He's going off of sound.

[@mrwp819300]

Forward this to those that review umps

[@clarkhamilton7698]

How the hell does he not get fired for making like a billion of ridiculous mistakes??? If I’m the president of MLB, I obviously would have to fired him! Some of them were kinda strike, but most of them weren’t

[@mcneildelancy4536]

The best of him is OUT OF MLB FOREVER

[@AFoulOdor]

Let’s be real. This should only have been him walking off the field.

[@kepler240]

1:48 I wonder what he's looking at.