Angel Hernandez Is Ruining World Baseball Classic Games Now
It's almost time for Major League Baseball to return, so you know what that means: repeated reminders that Angel Hernandez is the worst umpire the sport has to offer. But this year, Hernandez is branching out. Yes, he's umping in the World Baseball Classic and he was in midseason form on Tuesday.
Hernandez drew the home plate assignment for Venezuela's matchup with Nicaragua. Let's just say his calls were... questionable. The Internet exploded in condemnation of some of his ridiculous work behind the plate.
Check some of these out:
Angel Hernandez just called this a strike pic.twitter.com/Jbvlbz7M0z
— WBC (@WBCContent) March 14, 2023
Angel Hernandez just called this a strike. Look at the game he's called...
— Active Antics (@ActiveAntics) March 14, 2023
Until he's out of the league, I will always support the automatic ball/strike system and can't wait for it to come into the game. The umpire's union is such a joke to protect this guy from being fired. pic.twitter.com/LQIvaDMq0Q
Through two innings he had missed nine calls. Nine!
Through 2 innings of Nicaragua-Venezuela, Angel Hernandez missed NINE CALLS 😂🤦♂️ pic.twitter.com/xonDhvDio8
— The Game Day MLB (@TheGameDayMLB) March 14, 2023
For the game, it was as bad as you're expecting to see:
Ángel Hernández called balls and strikes in today's game between Nicaragua and Venezuela and it was horrifying. pic.twitter.com/05VhimEW98
— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) March 15, 2023
Even former major leaguer Todd Frazier chimed in:
Angel Hernandez my goodness
— Todd Frazier (@FlavaFraz21) March 14, 2023
We have no idea how Hernandez still has a job. Even MLB has admitted he's awful, yet he's still employed. Can't wait for him to be back and ruining games again in 2023.