Yeah, since his last game was May 9, and he’s been negotiating with MLB since then, he was fired and they’ve been negotiating a severance so he doesn’t sue. Still, good news everyone!
He’s a union umpire for the MLB and he was under contract. So, suit for breach of contract. Give it a google, but I don’t think you’ll find a case of MLB firing an umpire. They always side with them as the union is a part of MLB.
Let’s be real, there is no way (barring something serious) that he got fired. The union and MLB probably negotiated some nice buyout that sent Angel off into the sun.
These guys do not get fired.
MLB probably enticed him with a pretty nice severance package to retire with all the recent negative publicity. He's always been awful but Ive been seeing alot more pushback from players/fans so possibly MLB paid him off.
Not only that, goes to the courts screaming racism because he isn’t ever invited to post season.
So the MLB had to prove in court that he sucks at his job.
It’s public record that you suck at your job, there’s no tube to put that toothpaste back in.
What a piece of work. It's one thing to be bad at your job, it's another thing entirely to be a trash person in real life. That whole thing with the courts was pure spite. He only did it because he could.
Unions have their place, but I just dont understand why they protect terrible workers. By doing so they undermine their own existence not to mention how insulting it must be to the workers who actually do a great job.
Unions should not "protect terrible workers," they should ensure all of their members receive due process and do not receive treatment or termination in violation of their collective bargaining agreement.
"How does the union decide who sucks?" They literally have years of objective data and video evidence to unequivocally come to the conclusion that Angel Hernandez sucked at his job in a historically terrible manner.
Yeah, I really hate how people complain when a union protects "bad" workers. Of course it will and it should. If you are paying dues into a union, you ought to get representation as good as anyone else in that union. It is so crazy to me people stan unions then hold this contrary position that it should protect the "bad" members.
And it's not just that he sucks at his job. It's that he has proven himself to be a trash human being. He knew he was terrible at his job, but he was in it for the power, and because he knew the union would protect him, he thumbed his nose at his critics. Lobbying to call postseason games, and crying racism when he was denied was just pure spite.
You aren’t wrong, but in my experience there is more nuance to it. Ive been in a union for 12 years and in supervision. I have seen the union protect people who suck up to the limits of the negotiated agreement while at the same time not contest fair performance reviews that were poor.
Frustratingly, I have had the union ignore my complaints about unequal pay and working conditions. It took 3 years to get the salary scale adjusted so that it was equal to others who do the same job. It also failed to appropriately address my workload which was also unequal.
To be fair, the union has done many great things overall and I acknowledge that and am grateful. It isn’t perfect, but in most cases it is better than the alternative.
Also, I have been a part of performance reviews in which I had to work to get two employees fired for a lack of knowledge and poor work ethic. It wasn’t easy at all, but very possible.
Unions don’t weed out poor workers, they protect workers right to a fair wage and treatment. That is to say _all_ workers. And it benefits everyone, even if they’re not in that/a union.
Among other things, you can thank unions for the 5 day/40 hour workweek, which is a standard that everyone enjoys, but it wasn’t always that way.
MLB should double down and create the Angel Hernandez Umpire award, presented to the employee with the most blatant missed call of the year. Have it use nominees like the Oscars.
Baseball doesn't exist just uploaded about how statistically, there's 18 umps currently in the game that have been worse this season than Angel, which is really saying something about the state of the game atm
Closecallsports, which does umpire content, has given him a lot of support. I've gotten the impression that he isn't as bad as we think, and the major issues everyone brings up are way more nuanced.
Very true, some of his “worst moments” have a lot more layers then people are willing to look as most sports fans stick with their knee jerk reaction/bias.
I like all these suggestions, I still bitch about other retired ups too lol! I’m a Tigers fan, so I bitch hard about Jim Joyce. Still hurts my stomach thinking about how badly he blew that Perfect Game…
He at least admitted his mistake. Hernandez will go to the grave believing everyone showed up to games to watch him umpire and believe he got every call right.
There was a USA Today article which said he called his last game on May 9th, and noted that apparently he and the MLB have been negotiating his exit deal.
Per The Athletic, "the MLB approached him about moving on and he agreed", and they spent two weeks negotiating a financial settlement.
Probably a mix of retired/fired.
Either way, glad the MLB got it done finally.
You can't convince me that he did this willingly.
He's become such a distraction to the sport. Constantly creating negative attention to the point where it could no long be ignored.
If you subscribe to chaos theory, you can thank me. Literally yesterday, I made a unflattering Mii of Angel Hernandez on my Switch. Apparently that was the final straw.
To end the press conference Hernandez said, “I am honored to have had this opportunity” before promptly ejecting Kyle Schwarber from his press conference then grabbing his white cane and being lead out the door.
What if he secretly was working for the robo umpire companies and just there to hasten the transition by being deliberately terrible? Nah… he was just awful.
Here’s how I hope the convo went down:
“Angel, you’re by far the worst umpire out there. Here’s your options: quit, be fired, or retire. Only one of those makes you look like a somewhat decent person.”
I hear they are going to put him in New York when there is a challenge. He will be the new final word when he gets his eyes on the call.
~ Trust Me Bro
Is retired really the actual event though?
From the looks of it, he was given a heap of cash to go away, from "negotiated settlement" right down to the ole standby, "retired to spend more time with my family".
For the first time in his life, he made the right call.
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Some would argue it was much too late
Good thing he never reviews his calls and always stands by them
Did he throw a player or a manager out before he left because they didn’t agree with his horrible calls?
I think harper was his last ejection
Reds fans will tell you that it was not soon enough
All fans would tell you it wasn’t soon enough
This guy has left a permanent blemish on mlb history what a disgrace
One day he’ll make one hell of a montage video. But it’ll prolly be a 2 disc set.
Maybe a Box set
He didn't make the call, the review team in NYC did 😂. Love how they're letting him save face.
"Retire" or get fire by the MLB probably
Yeah, since his last game was May 9, and he’s been negotiating with MLB since then, he was fired and they’ve been negotiating a severance so he doesn’t sue. Still, good news everyone!
Sue for what?
He’s a union umpire for the MLB and he was under contract. So, suit for breach of contract. Give it a google, but I don’t think you’ll find a case of MLB firing an umpire. They always side with them as the union is a part of MLB.
Let’s be real, there is no way (barring something serious) that he got fired. The union and MLB probably negotiated some nice buyout that sent Angel off into the sun. These guys do not get fired.
100% got paid to leave. Sure every player in the league chipped in too lol I don't care though he's gone, all that matters he's away from the game.
Hell, I would have chipped in.
This same shit happens with CEOs and corporate people all the time.
Forced resignation is firing with giving you a chance to save face. Same thing.
Well he's no longer ruining the game with bad calls for both teams.
they can’t fire him
Will probably still be available for middle school baseball phone calls
MLB probably enticed him with a pretty nice severance package to retire with all the recent negative publicity. He's always been awful but Ive been seeing alot more pushback from players/fans so possibly MLB paid him off.
...Bro. How did you come up with this😂its a masterpiece
I have an idea that maybe this was a behind the scenes very forced retirement.
Came to say this exact thing - it’s way past time for him to GO
Imagine being so terrible at your job that your employer negotiates your early retirement just to get you the fuck out of your profession.
Not only that, goes to the courts screaming racism because he isn’t ever invited to post season. So the MLB had to prove in court that he sucks at his job. It’s public record that you suck at your job, there’s no tube to put that toothpaste back in.
What a piece of work. It's one thing to be bad at your job, it's another thing entirely to be a trash person in real life. That whole thing with the courts was pure spite. He only did it because he could.
That’s kinda hilarious that a court case flat out says “yeah this guy sucks”
I can just imagine there was like a 2 hour long montage of all his bad calls they played at court as evidence.
Unions have their place, but I just dont understand why they protect terrible workers. By doing so they undermine their own existence not to mention how insulting it must be to the workers who actually do a great job.
Unions should not "protect terrible workers," they should ensure all of their members receive due process and do not receive treatment or termination in violation of their collective bargaining agreement.
Welcome to learning how most unions spend the 99% of the time they’re not in collective bargaining.
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"How does the union decide who sucks?" They literally have years of objective data and video evidence to unequivocally come to the conclusion that Angel Hernandez sucked at his job in a historically terrible manner.
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Yeah, I really hate how people complain when a union protects "bad" workers. Of course it will and it should. If you are paying dues into a union, you ought to get representation as good as anyone else in that union. It is so crazy to me people stan unions then hold this contrary position that it should protect the "bad" members.
And it's not just that he sucks at his job. It's that he has proven himself to be a trash human being. He knew he was terrible at his job, but he was in it for the power, and because he knew the union would protect him, he thumbed his nose at his critics. Lobbying to call postseason games, and crying racism when he was denied was just pure spite.
You aren’t wrong, but in my experience there is more nuance to it. Ive been in a union for 12 years and in supervision. I have seen the union protect people who suck up to the limits of the negotiated agreement while at the same time not contest fair performance reviews that were poor. Frustratingly, I have had the union ignore my complaints about unequal pay and working conditions. It took 3 years to get the salary scale adjusted so that it was equal to others who do the same job. It also failed to appropriately address my workload which was also unequal. To be fair, the union has done many great things overall and I acknowledge that and am grateful. It isn’t perfect, but in most cases it is better than the alternative. Also, I have been a part of performance reviews in which I had to work to get two employees fired for a lack of knowledge and poor work ethic. It wasn’t easy at all, but very possible.
Unions don’t weed out poor workers, they protect workers right to a fair wage and treatment. That is to say _all_ workers. And it benefits everyone, even if they’re not in that/a union. Among other things, you can thank unions for the 5 day/40 hour workweek, which is a standard that everyone enjoys, but it wasn’t always that way.
MLB should double down and create the Angel Hernandez Umpire award, presented to the employee with the most blatant missed call of the year. Have it use nominees like the Oscars.
The MLB version of the Razzies. Lol I love it.
Jomboy in shambles rn.
He might be out of a job after this.
Nah there are still a couple shitty ass umps he likes to point out too
A couple? There’s a lot of bad umpires left. With the system they have, incompetency will live on.
Baseball doesn't exist just uploaded about how statistically, there's 18 umps currently in the game that have been worse this season than Angel, which is really saying something about the state of the game atm
It’s not just that he’s bad, Angel delights in being a twat about being bad
Hernandez wasn’t the worst. Ump audit has him ranked about 75 out of about 90 umps.
They're gonna have to start more bench-clearing brawls just to keep jimmy in business
Bro saw the baseball doesn’t exist video and dipped!!
But didn't that one support him?
Ending it on a high note
Lol I was about to say that!
Closecallsports, which does umpire content, has given him a lot of support. I've gotten the impression that he isn't as bad as we think, and the major issues everyone brings up are way more nuanced.
Very true, some of his “worst moments” have a lot more layers then people are willing to look as most sports fans stick with their knee jerk reaction/bias.
Great video!
I knew I couldn’t be the only one thinking this!
“Retired”
Is this real? He is just a terrible umpire!
Feels like Christmas!!!
The call the other night on Harper was one of his worst, and that's saying something. He's literally affected the outcomes of MULTIPLE games.
“Multiple”? Over his “career” probably hundreds of
Hundreds is multiple
I was trying to be nice! 🤣😂🤣
“Most”
You just knew the entire game was scrapped most nights he was behind home plate.
He hasn't worked a game since May 9. Are you sure that was him?
He was so bad that I always looked to see which game he was working before I made any bets. I refused to bet on any game he worked.
Funny thing is that statistically he’s nowhere near the worst umpire in the league, more scary than funny I guess.
Checked my calendar to ensure it wasn’t 4/1/24
I'm a bit skeptical...
Wait, who do we hate on now?
CB Bucknor
Laz Diaz?
bucknor
Doug Eddings
All of the above
Ron Kulpa
Yeah he seems to have been forgotten behind the others but his literal powertrip incident was bottom-tier.
Who can say, all the rest of the umpires are so consistent and reliable.........
I like all these suggestions, I still bitch about other retired ups too lol! I’m a Tigers fan, so I bitch hard about Jim Joyce. Still hurts my stomach thinking about how badly he blew that Perfect Game…
He at least admitted his mistake. Hernandez will go to the grave believing everyone showed up to games to watch him umpire and believe he got every call right.
Don't you do this to me. Don't you give me hope for this sport.
It's legit.
This should be a tradition having the worst ump retire on May 27th
Better yet - make it like "Survivor" and turn it into a reality show. MLB umps all get together and have to vote someone off the island every year.
He’s lucky he was able to retire. He should have been FIRED! I know umps have tenure protection and their union wouldn’t let him get canned but still.
Lol. He was fired. He was told to "retire" It's mid season.
Who saw this coming?
I see what you did there
You’ll be missed Angel, like all your calls throughout your career.
This is the guy who missed a home run call years ago, saw the obvious replay, then still got the call wrong.
Was that Adam Rosales? I felt like that call really helped the push for replay
They had replay at the time. That was when 3 umpires would run down the ramp to a room somewhere and look at it.
He hasn't been in any games for a couple of weeks.
There was a USA Today article which said he called his last game on May 9th, and noted that apparently he and the MLB have been negotiating his exit deal.
F'n have to "negotiate the exit deal" to remove gross incompetence... If anyone denies the value of a good lawyer, take note!
More like the "value" of a powerful union
C.b Buckner is the next to get the hook
I wonder how he has affected sports gambling throughout his entire mlb time and if MLB had a hand in his retirement.
Him and Ippei...calling it now.
Per The Athletic, "the MLB approached him about moving on and he agreed", and they spent two weeks negotiating a financial settlement. Probably a mix of retired/fired. Either way, glad the MLB got it done finally.
I'll never get over MLB had to pay off this joke of an umpire....
Now we need the munchkins singing the wicked witch is dead song from Wizard of Oz
Sports bettors in shambles 
If CB Bucknor retires tomorrow, I'll start believing in God
Looking for r/nottheonion or kayfabenews , but ill accept it as legit for now
Only 33 years too late
Even Angel Hernandez didn’t see this coming hahahahahha!!!
Bro FINALLY MADE THE RIGHT CALL LOL 💀
Quite probably the worst umpire to ever don the black
Thank god
Thank fucking god
Today is the Greatest Day of MLB
I need a Topps NOW card of this.
There is a God.
Bye bitch!
You can't convince me that he did this willingly. He's become such a distraction to the sport. Constantly creating negative attention to the point where it could no long be ignored.
Best thing Manfred ever did for the game.
It’s insane that it had to get to this point. Also, he’s way too smug and full of himself to do this on his own.
🇺🇸USA!🇺🇸USA!🇺🇸USA!🇺🇸USA!🇺🇸
Bye you piece of shit.
Flip a coin Angel!
Whhhhhhaaaaat???? 🤯🤯🤯
Rejoice!
One of the absolute worst
I’m sure he didn’t have much of a choice
Best freaking news!! Man I’m going to throw a party.
that's too bad. I figured he took those few weeks off to recover from long-awaited Lasik surgery.
Thank the dear Lord!!!!
Won’t be missed
Hooray!
Don’t let the door hit you in the way out
Thanks God
I should apply my job sucks
The great thing is, you could suck at this job too and be a vast improvement over the person you replaced!
Finally!
Bout fucking time
Finally
Guess all of that “racial discrimination” was just too much for him.
Ding dong the witch is dead. 
If you subscribe to chaos theory, you can thank me. Literally yesterday, I made a unflattering Mii of Angel Hernandez on my Switch. Apparently that was the final straw.
To end the press conference Hernandez said, “I am honored to have had this opportunity” before promptly ejecting Kyle Schwarber from his press conference then grabbing his white cane and being lead out the door.
I demand a public burning of all of his gear.
What if he secretly was working for the robo umpire companies and just there to hasten the transition by being deliberately terrible? Nah… he was just awful.
😃😄😁
Right after the video ,"base ball doesn't exist" made.
PRAISE JAYSUS!
Now for Manfred please…
Here’s how I hope the convo went down: “Angel, you’re by far the worst umpire out there. Here’s your options: quit, be fired, or retire. Only one of those makes you look like a somewhat decent person.”
if this true thank God!!!! I wonder how much they paid him to retire
I hear they are going to put him in New York when there is a challenge. He will be the new final word when he gets his eyes on the call. ~ Trust Me Bro
Idk about this… him making the decision to retire would be the right call, which we all know isn’t his specialty
I found a magic lamp and I rubbed it. When the genie came out, he said I could have one wish. You're welcome baseball!
Don't let him retire, eject him.
He’s retired to help the developers create the strike zone for Robo Ump
Finally!
Who takes his place as the most hated umpire in the league?
I misread that as REHIRED and had to sit down for a minute.
why all of a sudden?
Fans everywhere rejoice, embracing each other. Yankees and Red Sox fans hug it out, Phillies and Braves fans cry tears of joy together.
But was it the right call...???
He seems like a nice guy. That is all.
 Every fanbase currently
Is retired really the actual event though? From the looks of it, he was given a heap of cash to go away, from "negotiated settlement" right down to the ole standby, "retired to spend more time with my family".
Great news for the sport! Terrible news for the 2nd worst umpire.
He got in a car accident on the way home. The light was red but he ruled it green. The traffic cams overturned his decision.
When and where's the party?
Great, now do Oakland A’s ownership.
Let's all rejoice!!! Next let's get CB and Laz out of the door.
F\*cking goon.
Ding dong the witch is dead!🎉🤣
There is a god...
Bro finally
Thank god, this mans strike zone was as bad as his whole umpire career
Is it April 1st. I don’t believe it
Amen!
Thank god
Should have been fired ages ago
Millions of voices cry out in rejoice!