Umpire Angel Hernandez's worst calls in 2023

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8 ай бұрын

Umpire Angel Hernandez finished the regular season as the lowest rated umpire (min 10 games).
He didn't get his start until August due to a back injury, but he racked up 161 bad calls in 10 games, including the lowest rated game.
His season may be over, but may our memories live on.

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@beminsterify 7 ай бұрын

Angel Hernandez is going to be the reason why MLB eventually goes to an AI home plate umpire.

@jonhohensee3258 7 ай бұрын

AI??

@bmac4 7 ай бұрын

The funny thing is in years past, Angel was only in like the bottom 3rd. They had worse guys. The difference is that while most bad umpiring is usually in the margins and with a generally consistent zone, while Angel just makes real dumb calls with no rhyme or reason. Furthermore, when other guys have 50/50 calls, they tend to go with whatever extends the plate appearance because they don't want to be the guy who ruins it for a team on a judgment call...Angel is the opposite, he just calls strike more often because it gets the game moving. He might not be their worst ump in terms of overall accuracy, but he makes the worst blunders.

@mearndt1 7 ай бұрын

@@bmac4what are you talking about the dude sucks

@JohnLee-ip4ul 7 ай бұрын

KBO is starting that in 2024.

@kensmylie6606 7 ай бұрын

You are dead on!

@danny6032 8 ай бұрын

He missed most of the season, and he still blew a call in his first game back. This video would be at least 10 minutes long if he worked the whole season.

@mikeo9596 7 ай бұрын

This video should be 10 HOURS long!

@daniellemke8425 7 ай бұрын

You could fill the entire internet with Angel's missed calls videos. Why are bad umpires allowed to still be in MLB?

@grantpurdy5042 7 ай бұрын

@@daniellemke8425it’s called a strong union….

@codyeble6764 7 ай бұрын

Cool, I was about to ask why it's only 90 seconds long lol

@AbeFromanSKC 7 ай бұрын

This is only his behind the plate calls 😂 he’s not any better in the field. Thankfully there is no October for Angel

@_joestop5 7 ай бұрын

Outgoing message on his voice mailbox: "I'm sorry I missed your call, then again I miss a lot of calls."

@opie32958 2 ай бұрын

LOL

@Gray24772 8 күн бұрын

Faxx

@nasaspacecity 2 ай бұрын

A wise man in a comments section once told me, if angel Hernandez had another eye, he’d be a cyclops

@dadolucky 2 ай бұрын

Angel’s strike zone is a spinning rhombus instead of a stationary rectangle.

@mattd6349 16 күн бұрын

"The Hernandez Diamond"

@shillebrand00 8 ай бұрын

"They aren't arguing that much anymore. I must be right!" - Angel. No, they just all gave up knowing it's no use.

@joebarr725 6 ай бұрын

As bad as he is with balls and strikes, he is just as horrible when it comes to ejecting players.

@onigiri2032 Ай бұрын

@@joebarr725I'd argue worse. Remember Bryce harper? That was ridiculous 😂

@crimepunishment-ot2yl 21 күн бұрын

No, he's not a bad umpire kzfaq.infoxlYTSAtnaAA

@nahor88 19 сағат бұрын

@@joebarr725 Beyond using Robot umps, the other way to fix this is to make balls/strikes challengeable. It's working GREAT in the Minors.

@dustinbennie1813 7 ай бұрын

Angel Hernandez... proving once and for all that you can suck at your job and still be employed indefinitely.

@smelltheglove2038 7 ай бұрын

Well, when you’re protected by “diversity” you get the world handed to you regardless of merit.

@MRios1128 7 ай бұрын

Thanks to woke affirmative action

@willywonka4690 7 ай бұрын

@@MRios1128affirmative action was around long b4 you douchebags started using the word woke. Which none of you can define btw. Angel Hernandez is the biggest pos umpire anyone has ever seen. And he loooooooves it

@According_To_Matt 7 ай бұрын

Unions

@BtrDedThnFed 7 ай бұрын

Unions in a nutshell, but people still act like they’ll solve all the world’s problems

@theredraven 7 ай бұрын

The fact Sandy Alcantara pitched a complete game that day without losing his shit and throwing a ball right at Angel's head is a testament to his patience.

@nolanhartman9046 7 ай бұрын

The problem is that if he was aiming for angels head and the catcher caught it, it would still be a strike

@gheedklaeenith1202 7 ай бұрын

lmao@@nolanhartman9046

@XavierFox42 7 ай бұрын

"you cannot miss this bad" Angel: "that's where you're wrong, kiddo 😎"

@skatedurr 7 ай бұрын

🤣

@mrthingy9072 7 ай бұрын

Angel: "Hold my beer, which I've obviously had WAY too many of..."

@KororaPenguin 7 ай бұрын

If he were umpiring Major League Cricket, he'd probably give a batsman out leg before wicket when the ball was obviously on a trajectory well over the wicket.

@chuff009 7 ай бұрын

I have come to believe Angel Hernandez isn't that bad, he is doing this intentionally. I think he's so bitter at MLB that he's willing to be as bad as he can. Nobody is this awful. High School umpires aren't this bad. His incompetence is enhanced by his intentionality.

@andrewbean24.2 7 ай бұрын

You know its bad when a broadcaster says "oh my gosh"

@MrVariant 7 ай бұрын

Maybe gambling 🎰 🤔

@taylorsmith3211 7 ай бұрын

I agree. He's such a bitter person. However, it didn't start that way. He did suck at his job unintentionally for a good long while.

@patrickdepew4976 7 ай бұрын

Interesting theory, but it wouldn't exactly help his lawsuits when MLB could keep providing evidence of how awful he is.

@chuff009 7 ай бұрын

@@patrickdepew4976 That's true, but I don't personally think he believes he can win those lawsuits. I think they're driven by ego and bitterness.

@Cooper__123 2 күн бұрын

Who came here after he retired?

@jasonmartinez5116 2 күн бұрын

I did, good riddance

@thegoatfromiowa8948 8 ай бұрын

Usually when you’re bad at you’re job you get fired. Somehow Angel Hernandez has been able to maintain a career of failure.

@MichaelFarnum 8 ай бұрын

Because of the Union. Protect those paying members, no matter how embarrassingly horrible they are! Screw professionalism.

@blurayauthority 8 ай бұрын

Unions suck. All of them.@@MichaelFarnum

@jaytaylor2312 7 ай бұрын

Union protects him

@hobopiesforeveryone 7 ай бұрын

Union bub, damn unions

@AEMoreira81 7 ай бұрын

He also sued MLB (Hernandez v. Commissioner's Office). Two lower courts have laughed out the case but I can see Hernandez appealing to the US Supreme Court. I hope they take the case and put together every blown call he has done.

@geraldsgl 7 ай бұрын

You know MLB doesn't care about the integrity of their sport when they allow Angel Hernandez to ump.

@r.jguerra5526 7 ай бұрын

actually he is protected by Union, it's a racial thing he says when it's actually the fact that he's so incompetent.

@kluuxd 7 ай бұрын

Union

@MIngalls 7 ай бұрын

I think he just believes the ball landed where the catcher positions it. Each pitch hes probably like "oh thats way outside... WAIT, the glove is in the strike zone!" 🤯 Dude probably LOVES magic.

@Kyl127 2 күн бұрын

This is the comment you’re looking for. Angel is “retiring”.

@dennisfischer6402 7 ай бұрын

No other umpire in all of baseball has ever been close to being as pitiful as him… please MLB, do something about this guy!!!!

@AdderTude 7 ай бұрын

Manfred won't do anything in order to avoid upsetting Bill Miller. Manfred is arguably the most spineless commissioner in league history.

@resudeew2636 7 ай бұрын

Eric Gregg...if you know you know.

@anubiam3004 7 ай бұрын

I believe they tried. Hernandez sued them and won!

@bryanleonard335 Күн бұрын

You got your wish

@ericsupermagnificent 8 ай бұрын

Wow this has to be his worst year ever like that's unbelievable. It's almost like he's doing that on purpose.

@michaelmahoney5677 7 ай бұрын

Ive heard this is actually one of his better years

@ericsupermagnificent 7 ай бұрын

@@michaelmahoney5677 no way lol

@r.jguerra5526 7 ай бұрын

He's definitely doing this on purpose, there's no human way to be so bad.

@ericsupermagnificent 7 ай бұрын

@@r.jguerra5526 and I think that was his last game

@FakeNews953 2 күн бұрын

It finally happened! Today is the greatest day in MLB history. He is finally retired

@The22ndDoctor 8 ай бұрын

Read the title and figured this would be a much longer video. Can't help thinking you missed a few.

@SlappMcSlappface 7 ай бұрын

Someday there will be a documentary on how Angel Hernandez ruined MLB

@joebarr725 6 ай бұрын

And how Bud Selig and Rob Manfred let him.

@mandospence 7 ай бұрын

The silliest part of this is that he probably watches these compilation videos and still thinks he’s making the correct calls.

@bostoncityofchampions6581 2 ай бұрын

The editor of this video deserves an Oscar for narrowing it down to a minute and a half.

@skyguy5587 2 ай бұрын

Right I could watch this for hours.. the exasperation in the commentators voices.. One dude blew out in frustration

@JoeBob23 8 ай бұрын

My favorite will forever be perfect strikes that are called balls. So much more hilarious than the other way around. Especially when it should be strike three and even the batter starts walking off like they're out.

@chasman9662 7 ай бұрын

I laughed at the 1st 5 pitches. Jaw dropped at the next 5. Cried for humanity by #18.

@brendan594 7 ай бұрын

Javier Lopez’s reaction always makes me laugh lmao

@Brodie--lw6eb 2 күн бұрын

Woke up to the news this guy is retiring. Looooooooooooong overdue. And that’s a nice way of putting it.

@deputay 7 ай бұрын

I appreciate you keeping this video 90 seconds when I know you have an hour of footage to include

@xSHOOTERTOOTERx 5 ай бұрын

The fact that he's still employed baffles me... what's that saying? nothing will kill a great employee faster than watching you tolerate a bad one... that's the definition of Angel Hernandez...

@chrismascher8667 7 ай бұрын

I'm honestly surprised he hasn't called a strike on a bounced ball....

@jeffsnitzer3665 7 ай бұрын

Angel Hernandez, The worst umpire of 2023. MLB needs to reprimand him.

@AsheCraftingCorner 7 ай бұрын

You know you are bad.when youtube autocompletes Angel into bad umpire

@coleyoutubechannel 5 ай бұрын

I thought this was going to be a highlight of strikes called off the plate, the balls on fastballs right down the middle were what really got me LOL.

@chadhussein6831 7 ай бұрын

throw in the "strike" called on Bryce Harper in that last home game against the Pirates. At least you can say that Angel is consistently awful no matter who is playing

@chadhussein6831 7 ай бұрын

@@jonhohensee3258 good catch

@stephengrantham6877 7 ай бұрын

MLB has protected bad umpires forever, but especially since the reserve clause was ended. Umps think they've lost prestige and power and they want to assert it. Look at how horrible Joe West was, for decades, and MLB just tolerated it. Allowing Hernandez to continue official malpractice just reinforces the argument for technology-driven officiating and dumping umpires for good.

@AdderTude 7 ай бұрын

Bill Miller is Joe West's successor and protege. Miller is as bad as West when it comes to the union throwing its weight around.

@joebarr725 6 ай бұрын

I hope that MLB looks into your proposal so that they are ready to tell the umpires union to get lost when their contract comes up for renewal.

@jasondyrkacz8270 2 ай бұрын

Joe West was actually competent but his ego was more fragile than a Fabrage egg.

@ModernMozart1104 2 ай бұрын

Bruh the fact that most of these batters are keeping their cool is proof that they are stoic philosophers incognito.

@chrischeatle6623 2 ай бұрын

Act like you've seen it or done it before. Because they have. .

@jacobduncan9137 7 ай бұрын

10 games ladies and gentlemen. Also should add that blown check swing on Harper.

@Cybeldar 7 ай бұрын

The truly amazing thing is this video is only a minute and a half.

@IbelieveinGod483 2 күн бұрын

HE RETIRED! THANK GOD! IT'S A MIRACLE!

@mrsmukk 2 ай бұрын

That's the worst call I ever saw!!!! Angel: hold my Modelo😂😂😂😂

@EricWBurton 8 ай бұрын

Ridiculous! Angel may single-handedly usher in the balls and strikes system they do in minor league baseball: the tracking system determines the call, and that call is forwarded to the home plate umpire.

@JobiWan144 7 ай бұрын

It won't be single-handed. CB Bucknor and Laz Díaz are also working hard to get some kind of ABS system into the majors.

@jayrussell3796 7 ай бұрын

Why wouldn't they do it anyways? It would finally be fair then...and correct. Time to get on with the times

@EricWBurton 7 ай бұрын

I agree! When you consider how difficult it is for someone who is peering over the catcher's shoulder (offest from the middle of the plate) to be consistent with their strike zone while said catcher is actively trying to deceive you, wouldn't it just be smart to eliminate that inconsistency? Especially when titles are on the line!@@jayrussell3796

@beerus101 7 ай бұрын

@@JobiWan144Completely Blind Bucknor

@bostoncityofchampions6581 7 ай бұрын

Amazing that you could condense this into a 1:30 video. Someone deserves an Oscar for Best Editing.

@jasondyrkacz8270 2 ай бұрын

It's only a sample size from 1 game.

@VILJL Ай бұрын

Angel Hernández was born in Havana, Cuba He grew up in Hialeah, attended Hialeah High School, and began umpiring Khoury League baseball games as a teenager; his father directed the local league

@howie9751 4 күн бұрын

I was on a softball team in the eighties. We were playing the first place team and needed the game. Our cleanup hitter was up and the first pitch was called a ball, as it was above the shoulders. The second was called a ball as it was well below his knees. The third he took for a called strike. The next pitch was again very high and the ump called it a ball. Three and one, right? Tony took the next pitch for a called strike and the ump yelled "Strike Three!" We told him the count was 3-1 and he showed us his pitch counter, which was 2-2 before the last pitch. The field ump said the home plate umpire indicated 2-2 before the last pitch. We argued that it wasn't what he had called on the pitches. We lost of course, and eventually the game. I was coaching third base and the time, and the other team's third baseman told me "It was 3-1", but of course he couldn't say anything to the ump. We assume that the home plate ump just made a mistake on his pitch counter, because he did call three balls.

@Bell2323 6 ай бұрын

How could somebody be this bad at his job and not get fired?

@Tiger1016. Ай бұрын

Wanna know why Angel has not been fired yet? Everytime they try to call to deliver the news, he misses the call...

@lucifermorningstar5258 6 ай бұрын

"Oh my....gawd...what the" Kills me every single time I hear this.

@jasondyrkacz8270 2 ай бұрын

Angel Hernandez and Joe West umpiring in the same game aged Hawk Harrelson.

@loikepalenikonu5489 7 ай бұрын

It's gonna get to a point where managers are gonna come to home plate to exchange lineup cards and both play the game under protest because Angel Hernandez is behind the plate.

@vicO1323 7 ай бұрын

He's got the strikes and balls backwards. Bring on the robo-umps.

@GriffinDuyThespian Ай бұрын

The isolated commentary is fucking GOLD.

@monsterstackwizard9313 Ай бұрын

According to Angel Hernandez, every ball is a strike and every strike is a ball

@Gk2003m 20 күн бұрын

This is one of the funniest vids ever. A guy who calls something eight inches off the plate a strike, also calls a pitch straight down the middle a ball. Just awesome

@Max_m 7 ай бұрын

I love how in the first one you can hear the guy go “go my god” to himself when the call happens 😂

@trza49er Ай бұрын

That strike zone graphic on the screen is this guy’s nemesis. 😂

@TheTXChris 7 ай бұрын

I was surprised this video was only 1:30 long even with him missing half the season

@derekbopp8927 7 ай бұрын

After reading the title, I'm surprised this is only a 90 second video...

@tennisace40 7 ай бұрын

Pitchers love this guy.All pitches are lethal.

@Tejroe Ай бұрын

I’m waiting for the day that both teams simply say “We’re not playing unless you assign us a different umpire. You’re not the only ones that can unionize.”

@zach177 Ай бұрын

I know he is a bad ump but he makes the game more fun. The last thing we need is an automatic strike zone. If Angel is the ump then batters should just swing at anything that’s close.

@TheGreaterDane 7 ай бұрын

its gotta be a game for the pitchers at this point. See how far outside they can pitch and still get an Angel Hernandez strike

@unclecreepy4185 7 ай бұрын

Angel as a spelling bee ump: Your word is “atrocious”. A-h-t-r-0-s-I-s-h. Angel: That is correct. Angel: Your word is “liability” L-i-a-b-i-l-i-t-y Angel: Wrong. What? Are you kidding me? How is that wrong? Angel: Your ejected! It’s “you’re” you idiot!

@evanfaust8672 Күн бұрын

Anyone else here after this joke of an umpire finally announced his retirement?

@PsychoThirteen 7 ай бұрын

I know his season started in August, but I'm still confused as to how this video is only 90 seconds long. I would think 90 seconds of his bad calls would barely cover 1 game. Teams need to start boycotting his games.

@wrathchild3935 7 ай бұрын

Gotta hand it to the guy. He's the most famous, or infamous umpire ever. The most popular for sure.

@adamsons2890 Ай бұрын

Angel Hernandez is top 10 of umpires all time. His face will be emblazoned on the Mt. Rushmore of Baseball. ⚾️

@brendanmcnamara7581 6 ай бұрын

Gotta love how fed up even the commentators are with each of his calls lol

@luissamper1974 7 ай бұрын

That first called strike it’s insane, the pitch was outside by a whole foot, the catcher caught the ball on the other batters box….unbelievable

@brianfergus839 2 ай бұрын

1:26 “that had every bit of the plate” 😂

@brianbanks3044 8 ай бұрын

most people who worked in a non-union job would be FIRED for performances like these.....he is terrible...but no, MLB is discriminating against him because he is Cuban...at least that is what he sued MLB for years ago for not letting him ump in the playoffs

@Snake-Legs 7 ай бұрын

I expected this to be much longer.

@Steve-bm2zm 6 ай бұрын

The players don’t even try to argue.

@jasondyrkacz8270 2 ай бұрын

Kyle Schwarber can't yell at Angel after every game.

@ELI_Randall Ай бұрын

Was he the ref at the braves vs Phillies second game of the series yesterday?

@forresttowns4995 Ай бұрын

I was at that Braves-Giants game. It was even more ridiculous in person.

@SamuelPearlman Ай бұрын

And Angel had the nerve to sue the league for "racial discrimination" for not getting assigned world series games or made crew chief. Class act all around.

@nathanchambers1521 7 ай бұрын

He's got to have naked photos of Manfred on his phone or something... He clearly knows where the "dead bodies" are 'cause I can't for the life of me figure out how he's still employed....

@trinidad111 7 ай бұрын

How this man has not been attacked and brutally beaten on the field is mind boggling.

@swagmuffin9000 7 ай бұрын

I honestly wonder that too. I mean especially with how angry some players and fans get.

@HammerJammer81 7 ай бұрын

THIS!!! I know its sport and this is a big nono, but I 100% give credit to the players who you know want to .. but hold back.

@nickhughes8179 7 ай бұрын

Actually, Angel’s first lawsuit in the 80s for unsafe work conditions stemmed from that. 2 angry drunk fans jumped him after an A ball game circa 1981 or 1983. He legit lost 35% of his vision in one eye. To settle it, MLB gave him job security for life.

@trinidad111 7 ай бұрын

@@nickhughes8179 if that’s true that’s pretty stupid. Send them the checks that’s fine, but don’t let him touch a field. I wouldn’t even let him be a part of the grounds crew

@MadSpectre47 7 ай бұрын

I found nothing about this on Google. I call bullshit.@@nickhughes8179

@heatmoon 7 ай бұрын

It looks like Angel doesnt like catchers framing pitches. At least we xan look at stats and see that the new generation of Umpires just dont make mistakes like these guys

@Hexon66 6 ай бұрын

For a half dozen of those, I blame the catcher. Great low zone strikes, for which the catchers overcompensated. Doesn't excuse Hernandez, but the catchers *made* those pitches look like balls they were trying to steal.

@MikeyTripz 2 ай бұрын

Most of these calls were bad.. but for the strikes called balls - its partly because the catcher over exaggerates framing a ball that's already in the strike zone instead of just framing it where he caught it

@kyleOWillFixIt Ай бұрын

I have a theory about Angel and his terrible calls. I think either he gets distracted and doesn't actually see where the pitch crosses the plate. OR I think he reflexively starts calling a strike before his brain even processes the call. Either way I think he's to proud or stubborn to say he made a mistake after he does it and acts like that was the right call.

@marshallarnold-ep7nn Ай бұрын

The makers of this video were asked why they only showed a few of Angel Hernandez's bad calls? "KZfaq has a rule. Videos can not be a full 24 hours long."

@SamaelVR 6 ай бұрын

He can't even be consistently bad. He thinks balls are strikes and strikes are balls.

@df4291 Күн бұрын

MLB paying Angel to retire is top tier comedy.. the man just does not understand the way catchers can manipulate strike zones with a decent frame.

@spencermackay9020 7 ай бұрын

The variety of bits of body language that comes from the players makes this endlessly amusing.

@bryanbest5113 Ай бұрын

Just how many videos/year would you need

@michaelmeden9117 6 ай бұрын

The only surprise.... I thought the clip would be hours longer.

@orbyfan Ай бұрын

"This Week in Baseball" could have a spinoff titled "This Week in Angel Hernandez."

@emupike6 7 ай бұрын

I like how no one even argued lol they know it's hopeless

@HB-fg8ne 16 күн бұрын

His worst call was "Play Ball". Without that none of this would have happened.

@chadrupert4456 7 ай бұрын

He calls strikes on balls clearly out of the zone and misses strikes in the zone! 🤷🏻‍♂️ This guy has ONE JOB and he can’t do it.

@cloud9847 4 ай бұрын

I audibly laughed out loud at the first actual strike that was called a ball. Immediately thought "oh he's got this one forsu......oh, of course he calls that a ball". lololol holy shit how is he still umping????

@Cc75757 Ай бұрын

He's the Rob Manfred of umpires.

@russs7574 7 ай бұрын

If one was to use his whole career as the source, one could do "The Time-Life Collection: Angel Hernandez's Worst Calls" 30-minute infomercials. A 14-DVD set if there ever was one.