Angel Hernandez botches one other name in return to umpiring

Umpire Angel Hernandez nonetheless has his fastball.

And by fastball, we imply his penchant for dangerous calls.

Hernandez, universally regarded by followers as certainly one of Major League Baseball’s worst umpires, returned to umpiring Monday night time after being sidelined for greater than three months with a again damage.

It took only one sport for Hernandez to attract the ire of followers, all of the whereas making himself a straightforward goal of jokes.

Throughout the fifth inning of Monday’s sport between the Washington Nationals and Milwaukee Brewers, Hernandez blew a name at second base, calling Nationals outfielder Alex Name secure on a steal when Brewers shortstop Willy Adams clearly tagged Name earlier than he reached the bottom.

The 61-year-old umpire didn’t have an ideal take a look at the tag and the decision was in the end overturned after the Brewers challenged Hernandez’s ruling.

The Nationals would go on for a 5-3 victory.

Though a Monday night time Nats-Brewers sport might not have been appointment tv, the web definitely had a area day with Hernandez’s blunder.

Loads of Twitter customers ripped the controversial umpire for yet one more noticeable mistake, with one fan quipping, “Angel Hernandez is certainly again.”

Monday marked Hernandez’s first major league game since April 3.

Hernandez warmed up for his return to the majors by umpiring in the minor leagues.

That “rehab” stint, to make use of baseball terminology, went as properly for Hernandez as anticipated when he umpired a Triple-A sport between the Charlotte Knights and Durham Payments.

His balls and strikes requires the sport left a lot to be desired, to place it kindly.

Hernandez has retained his job regardless of being recognized for his dangerous calls and even sued MLB in 2017 for alleged racial discrimination, claiming that was the rationale why he had not umpired a World Sequence since 2005, nor served as a crew chief.

He misplaced.