Retirement of Angel Hernandez : Controversial Umpire to retire after 3 decades

Angel Hernandez has umpired more than 3800 baseball games in his career. 62 years, Angel Hernandez has been the target of criticism for the last 3 decades. 

Now he is taking retirement from his game. He said that now he wants to spend more time with his family. Marked his 30 Years long umpiring Journey as "good Experience". 

Retirement of Controversial Umpire Angel Hernandez after 3 Decades 

A High Ranking Baseball Official announced the retirement of umpire Angel Hernandez and said Angel Hernandez, who has been the cause of displeasure from players, managers and fans for the past three decades, is now retiring from Major League Baseball.

"He was NOT forced out" said Kevin Murphy, Hernandez's Lawyer 

"He was NOT forced out" marked Kevin Murphy. “What hurts him the most, “is the pain that his two daughters and his wife go through when they know (the criticism) is so unbelievably undeserved.” Angel Hernandez's Lawyer Kevin Murphy told The Athletic via text Message.

Faced Critisism by Many Players 

Said Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia after the game: “I don’t understand why he’s doing these games. He’s always bad. He’s a bad umpire."

"He was terrible behind the plate today. He was terrible at first base. It's amazing how he's getting jobs umpiring in these playoff games."


What Angel Hernandez is Saying in their Sudden Retirement ? 

"Good Experienced" and "Childhood Dream" 

Angel Hernandez, who experienced controversial MLB umpire on Monday night, called his journey a "good experience" and also talked about living his "childhood dream".

“Starting with my first Major League game in 1991, I have had the very good experience of living out my childhood dream of umpiring in the major leagues,” 

"There is nothing better than working at...." 

He also noticed that it is "better" to do work in the profession which gives enjoyment, Angel has cherished the pastime friendship with her colleagues. Highlighted that, 

"There is nothing better than working at a profession that you enjoy. I treasured the camaraderie of my colleagues and the friendships I have made along the way, including our locker room attendants in all the various cities. 

Expressed Proud for his Contribution in Baseball 

Angel is proud of his contribution and says that after joining the profession, many positive changes have taken place in the sports field, which include the "expansion" and "promotion" of minorities - and now he decided to spend his more time with his Family. 

"I have decided that I want to spend more time with my family. Needless to say, there have been many positive changes in the game of baseball since I first entered the profession. This includes the expansion and promotion of minorities. I am proud that I was able to be an active participant in that goal while being a Major League umpire pected to happen immediately."

Rob Manfred Indirectly Pointed  Retirement of Angel Hernandez 

Before this, in last week's meeting of the Major Baseball League, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred gave a hint about the process of retirement of umpires, journalists were also included in the meeting, although Manfred did not mention name of Angel Hernandez in his statement. But the sudden announcement of Hernandez's retirement made this clear that Manfred's direct target was Angel. 

"...a physically demanding job. It goes.." 

“The management of umpires is … a physically demanding job. It goes beyond just the evaluation, training and discipline". Manfred said, "It also goes to things like thinking about their career path, how long should they be out there? And that implicates things like your retirement program.”

Who will get the most pleasure from this retirement ?

"Angel was Horrible" marked said CC Sabathia 

The person who would be most happy with Angel's retirement is American baseball player CC Sabathia from New York Yakeens. Sabathia had been criticizing Angel Hernandez quite a while ago, in fact he Emphasized that angel is "Terrible" behind the Plate — and added that it was "Amazing" how he was getting the job as an umpire.

“Angel was horrible," he said. “Don’t get me going on Angel now. Major League Baseball needs to do something about Angel. It doesn’t matter how many times he sues Major League Baseball, he’s as bad as there is."

lan Kinsler Fined for $10,000 

Not only Sabathia, American Second Baseman Ian Kinsler also made critical comments against Umpire Angel in August 2017, after which he had to pay a fine of $10,000 to the Major Baseball League, Ian Kinsler said  — he is a Bad Umpire he "needs to find another job" 

"It's Ángel in the..." Bryce Harper 

In September, American baseball First Baseman Bryce Harper also made a similarly critical statement, 

"It's Ángel in the middle of something again. It's just, every year, it's the same story. ... It's the same thing over and over and over and over again. It's just not right." 

Umpire, Joe West favoured Angel Hernandez said,

“Anybody that says he’s the worst umpire in baseball doesn’t know what they’re talking about,” said Umpire Joe West, who himself faced a lot of criticism during his career.

“He does his job the right way. Does he make mistakes? Yes. But we all do. We’re not perfect. You’re judging him on every pitch. And the scrutiny on him is not fair.” marked Joe West. 

"....umpires are like that,” Manager Jim Leyland 

Managers and umpires are like that,” said soon-to-be Hall of Fame manager Jim Leyland. “You can get out of character a bit when you have a tough situation on the field. I think we all get out of character a little bit. But I’ve always gotten along fine with Angel.”

Angel Filed a lawsuit in 2017, Claiming Discrimination 

Hernandez filed a lawsuit in 2017 in which he alleged discrimination and claimed he was not sent to the 2005 World Baseball Series. And along with that he was not even promoted to Crew Chief. After which he worked as the interim crew chief from 2011 to 2016. 

“Hernandez has failed to establish..."

“Hernandez has failed to establish a statistically significant disparity between the promotion rates of white and minority umpires,” the Court said in the 11-page Second Circuit. 

"....why MLB’s statistical evidence is unreliable." 

“MLB has provided persuasive expert evidence demonstrating that, during the years at issue, the difference in crew chief promotion rates between white and minority umpires was not statistically significant. Hernandez offers no explanation as to why MLB’s statistical evidence is unreliable.” marked the Filing. 





 













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