Point de vue | Tout le monde connaissait le nom d’Ángel Hernández. C’était ça le problème.
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Point de vue | Tout le monde connaissait le nom d’Ángel Hernández. C’était ça le problème.
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Par washingtonpost
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In March 2019, during an innocuous spring training game, A.J. Hinch, then the manager of the Houston Astros, thought a couple of egregious ball-strike calls from home plate umpire Ángel Hernández had cost his pitcher an efficient inning, forcing him into more work. Between innings, Hinch chatted with Hernández, continuing a conversation that Hinch said began during a game a week or so earlier.
“I brought him over and had a calm conversation with him and said, ‘We have technology to help you get better,’ that these pitches are strikes,” Hinch told reporters that day. “And he had a kind of arrogant attitude about it and didn’t want to hear it.”
The next inning began, and Hernández called what appeared to be a ball for a Houston hitter a strike, “probably to spite me,” Hinch said, “and off we go.”
Hinch was ejected. The show that day wasn’t about the players. It was about Hernández.
“The fact you want to throw me out in a spring training game is pretty ridiculous,” Hinch said. “He’s known for overreaction a little bit. … As it escalated, he said some condescending things that are inappropriate. Unprofessional.”
[Hernández’s retirement](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/05/28/angel-hernandez-retires-mlb-umpire/?itid=lk_inline_manual_10) this week is ostensibly about [one (mostly lousy) umpire](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/05/28/angel-hernandez-worst-calls/?itid=lk_inline_manual_10) — one who unsuccessfully sued Major League Baseball for racial discrimination in determining postseason assignments and promotions. But it really is the end of an era.
Read more here: [https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/05/28/angel-hernandez-mistakes/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=reddit.com](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/05/28/angel-hernandez-mistakes/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=reddit.com)