Angel Hernandez is officially done as an MLB umpire

[Franisdaman]

 

[jawatkins]

The man has had bad eyesight for at least 33 years. I hope his license has been revoked and that maybe he will get the charity of one of those seeing eye-dog places.

 

[millah_22]

oh man, hadn't heard this yet

 

[jawatkins]

oh man, hadn't heard this yet

Have you been using angel’s eyes as reading glasses?

 

[Franisdaman]

 

[QChawks]

 

[funksouljon]

I don't follow MLB, but my understanding is he's the Ron Cheery of MLB.

 

[Franisdaman]

 

[Franisdaman]

 

[Franisdaman]

 

[Franisdaman]

The man has had bad eyesight for at least 33 years. I hope his license has been revoked and that maybe he will get the charity of one of those seeing eye-dog places.

it's interesting that MLB asked him to move along mid-season and he agreed

 

[jawatkins]

it's interesting that MLB asked him to move along mid-season and he agreed

I didn’t think he’d leave until physically unable to move. That umpires’ union is a strong one.

 

[DeangeloVickers]

As bad a Angel has been, nothing compared to the Eric Gregg game in the '97 NLCS. Wtf was he thinking.

 

[BelemNole]

Thanks for this breaking news OP!! Great post as usual!!

 

[Franisdaman]

I didn’t think he’d leave until physically unable to move. That umpires’ union is a strong one.

are they going to prevent robo umps?

 

[tumorboy]

DEI hire.

 

[fsu1jreed]

it's interesting that MLB asked him to move along mid-season and he agreed

He got offered a lot of money

 

[jawatkins]

are they going to prevent robo umps?

I’m sure for as long as they can. Literally every aspect of baseball could be ump’d with modern tech but some people love the tradition and human element. All the umps should have to do is get an electronic signal and do their big theatrical dances they like to do to signal the call

 

[Kinnick.At.Night]

He was an absolute joke. For his entire career. And to make matters worse, he consistently had an attitude. It's remarkable that he reached MLB, as there's fierce competition among umpires in professional baseball.

 

[Franisdaman]

The man has had bad eyesight for at least 33 years. I hope his license has been revoked and that maybe he will get the charity of one of those seeing eye-dog places.

He was an absolute joke. For his entire career. And to make matters worse, he consistently had an attitude. It's remarkable that he reached MLB, as there's fierce competition among umpires in professional baseball.

How did he last 33 years? As mentioned above, they have a very good union, but still....

 

[Greenway4Prez]

He was an absolute joke. For his entire career. And to make matters worse, he consistently had an attitude. It's remarkable that he reached MLB, as there's fierce competition among umpires in professional baseball.

I used to work with a guy who got up to doing AAA and spring training games, but couldn’t get the call for the majors. He frequently wondered how he couldn’t break through while “that blind asshole Hernandez” was still umping.

 

[Roncuba55]

Thanks for this breaking news OP!! Great post as usual!!

You can go back to Florida website.