Angel Hernandez

MLB fans saw the real Angel Hernandez on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball, and oh man, it wasn't pretty. Just a few days after the much-maligned umpire put ...

Sunday should have been a wake-up call for MLB and the umpiring union, but they’ve tolerated Hernandez’s embarrassing career for this long. While it’s an incredibly difficult job to call balls and strikes for MLB pitching, Hernandez is among the worst in the sport. And the Phillies outfielder was spot on.

Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber lost his temper on home plate umpire Angel Hernandez after a questionable strike three call in the ninth inning of ...

He called Lauer’s first pitch to Jean Segura with the bases loaded in the fifth inning — seen below — a strike despite pitches in that location being called balls virtually 100 percent of the time. And he called two other pitches strikes that are called balls 90 percent of the time He has called 122 more strikes than you would expect based on the location of pitches, which has led to 21 fewer earned runs than expected after adjusting for the counts in which those pitches occurred. According to baseball’s data, pitches in that location are called balls 59 percent of the time. The game also wasn’t an aberration. Schwarber also had two strikes called during a strikeout in the sixth — a 1-1 slider and a 1-2 fastball from Brewers left-hander Eric Lauer — in locations that are called balls around 60 percent of the time.

Home plate umpire Angel Hernandez was under fire by both teams all night.

- Schwarber then gives us the show we deserve, theatrically pointing out that Hernandez has missed pitches ... on THIS side of the plate ... and THIS side of the plate ... and ABOVE the zone ... and BOTH TEAMS AGREE. Seriously, that has the be the best part of the ejection. It was quite the effort. The only let down was Phillies manager Joe Girardi being so subdued. Hernandez held up his end of the bargain here by immediately tossing Schwarber. He slams down his bat and helmet, but seemed careful to make sure they didn't go in the direction of Hernandez at all. Call this more of a prediction than a declaration, in that case, because we doubt there will be a more fun ejection of a Major League Baseball player.

The Angels pitcher managed to joke about the umpire's awful night behind the plate.

He wasn’t exactly ready to join the chorus of fans calling for Hernandez’s dismissal, though. He called 11 strikes that were true balls. He called strikes above the zone, below the zone, outside and 6.5 inches inside.

Everybody's favorite umpire had himself a game for the ages on Sunday Night Baseball. The umpire in question—Ángel Hernández—has long been derided by fans ...

Stationed behind home plate for a nationally-televised game between the Brewers and Phillies on Sunday, Hernández was in rare form. Check out the best reactions from social media below. The Twitter account @UmpScorecards uses pitch-by-pitch data from MLB to evaluate how accurately and consistently umpires call balls and strikes.

Umpire Ángel Hernández, long a thorn in the side of MLB players, displayed his expansive strike zone during ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball broadcast.

That's not to say Hernández didn't have a hand in stalling the Brewers offense. It just got to me to where I was going to stick up for some other guys." Brewers closer Josh Hader appears to smirk in disbelief himself after Hernández rung him up. Hernández, long a thorn in the side of MLB players, displayed his expansive zone on national television during ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball broadcast. He popped out and the Phillies' rally ended one batter later. Umpire Scorecards - another such social media account – ruled that Hernández called 113 of 129 pitches correctly.