There is no groundswell to replace umpires with AI, but as long as Hernandez was at work, that was a low-grade risk
Atlanta Braves interim Manager Brian Snitker, left, reacts as he is ejected by umpire Angel Hernandez on July 19, 2016, in Cincinnati.It’s impossible to pick the single worst call made by umpire Ángel Hernández – there are so many – but the most amusing was the ejection of Steve ‘Mongo’ McMichael.
Here’s a couple of good rules about life – you don’t pick fights with 350-pound men they call Mongo, and you don’t get to tell the customers how they can feel. But Hernández was never bound to the norms of the entertainment business. Hernández practically invented that thing where batters stare blankly toward centre field for 10 long seconds after they have been called out on strikes because they can-NOT believe what has just happened. Or that one where the pitcher has a mound conniption because he’s just walked another one with a pitch so directly down the middle that it could be campaigning.
At that point, Hernández was already in the middle of a racial-discrimination lawsuit against MLB because he hadn’t officiated a World Series game in over a decade. He lost. Including on replay.
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