MLB umpire Angel Hernandez has built a reputation as baseball’s worst ump. Whenever teams see him on the schedule to work behind the plate, they know that it’s going to be a long night for pitchers and hitters alike. He can even impact games from first base — there’s no stopping him.
But on Wednesday, something wild happened. Hernandez showed up to work behind the plate for the Blue Jays’ game against the Red Sox. And, well, Hernandez actually put together a competent performance.
According to Umpire Scorecards, Hernandez called 156 of 161 taken pitches correctly on Wednesday night — good for a very solid 97 percent accuracy.
Umpire: Angel Hernandez
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His one egregious missed call didn’t look all that terrible in real time either.
It wasn’t quite the virtually perfect game that MLB umpire Pat Hoberg had in Denver the other night, but for Hernandez, it was a shockingly good job. Needless to say, MLB fans were surprised.
