Schwarber loses his mind on Ángel Hernández, a breakdown
What Happened
The Philadelphia Phillies are hosting the Milwaukee Brewers in a Sunday Night Baseball matchup, and veteran umpire Ángel Hernández is behind home plate. Hernández's questionable calls have been a source of frustration for both teams throughout the game. In the bottom of the ninth inning, the Phillies trail the Brewers by one run. Philadelphia slugger Kyle Schwarber steps to the plate against Milwaukee closer Josh Hader. Schwarber has already expressed his displeasure with Hernández's strike zone during the game. Hader starts Schwarber with a slider that's ruled a called strike. The next pitch, a fastball, results in a swinging strike, putting Schwarber in a 0-2 hole. Hader tries to get Schwarber to chase another slider, but the pitch is outside the zone. On a full count, Hader delivers another fastball, and Schwarber is rung up on a called third strike. Furious with the call, Schwarber unleashes his frustration, violently throwing his bat and helmet to the ground. "You've been horseshit the whole game!" Schwarber yells at Hernández. "Over here, you miss on this side, you miss up high, you miss [expletive] for both sides. It's [expletive] horseshit!" Phillies manager Joe Girardi approaches Hernández and echoes Schwarber's sentiment, telling the umpire, "It's not about that, Ángel. It's just bad. You have to be better. The whole [expletive] night, both sides, it's [expletive] horseshit." Girardi says Hernández missed approximately 30 calls throughout the game. According to the data, Hernández did indeed make several questionable calls, both calling balls as strikes and vice versa. Phillies outfielder Andrew McCutchen can only shake his head, acknowledging that Schwarber's frustration was warranted, as the umpiring had been poor all night for both teams. The summary highlights the key moments of the confrontation between Schwarber, Girardi, and Hernández, providing vivid details and direct quotes to paint a picture of the intense on-field drama. It also incorporates contextual information about the game situation, the teams involved, and the long-standing issues surrounding Hernández's umpiring abilities. The description remains in the present tense, focusing on the action as it unfolds, and includes the full names of all players mentioned.
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angel hernandez if you don't know who
angel hernandez is well he sued mlb
because he said that he's been
discriminated against because he had not
been assigned to the world series since
2005 and have been passed over for crew
chief now mlb responded to that to the
judge and said uh he has not been
discriminated against he just [ __ ]
sucks he has not demonstrated the
leadership ability and situation
management skills in critical high
pressure roles on a consistent basis
aka he's a bad umpire but the union
protects him so he can't get rid of him
that's angel hernandez terry francona
manager of the indians said i just kind
of told angel why is it always happening
when you're here which is a great
question that we all know the answer to
here's a pitch that they say is in the
strike zone and angel says na ah that's
a ball and this pitch is very similar
probably a strike he says nah that's a
ball and then another one high and in
way high
shorter batter and angel says yep strike
three you're out here's all three at
once
which one do you think he called a
strike and which ones do you think he
called the ball so that's the angel
hernandez show it's sunday night
baseball nationally televised game and
they got their best ump behind the dish
psych it's the ump that they said to a
judge in court is not good at being an
umpire and that's a ball off the plate
that never was over the plate he calls
it a strike and that's a ball that never
came over the plate and he called it a
strike and i used to think angel
hernandez was just bad and just like
just guessing up there
but the amount of strike three lookings
on bad calls in this game has me
reconsidering that maybe he just likes
quick games that ball never comes back
into the zone and
that ball never comes back into the zone
and he's just calling them all
strikes
outside strike high strike outside
strike bryce harper's gonna slump a
little bit like a sad guy which leads us
to the ninth inning and we have
schwarber up who's been upset with the
calls already and they're down one run
haters in he's really good and that a
nice slide piece from hader called
strike the next one he's gonna get the
swinging strike on the fastball in a
hole down02 takes the slider away
doesn't bite ooh doesn't bite again at
the slider so now haters gonna come back
fastball and try to dot low and outside
ball away full count schwarber is
excited he can reach base hater wants to
do it again
does it strike three schwerberg's piss
throws the bats throws the helmet you've
been [ __ ] horse [ __ ] the whole game
over here you miss on this side you miss
up high you miss
[ __ ] for both sides it's [ __ ]
god so not happy about it not at all
[ __ ] sucks
does does suck to watch an angel
hernandez called game it does joe
girardi is to say so i'm not not
positive on these first two so i kind of
put the opacity a little bit you know a
little bit bare because i'm not positive
but it looks to me like joe says it's
not about that angel it's just bad angel
it's just so bad
you have to be better
you have to whole [ __ ] night the
whole night both sides
it's [ __ ] horseshit 30 calls
30 calls he counted them angel's like
[ __ ] did he really count them is it
really 30 calls and it's not 30 but it's
19 which is close to 20 which if you
want to exaggerate a little is 30 so
this is all the calls he missed
according to baseball savant which you
know a lot so the blue
our strikes or at least touch the zone
that he called a ball and then all the
orange ones are outside of the zone that
he called strikes so yeah just a bad job
and why was schwarber so upset on that
last one because the pitch before it and
that pitch
were very very very similar now they end
up a little different and they get
framed different but at that point when
they cross his last visual they're very
similar and according to baseball savant
pitch number five pitch number six both
balls but angel had him as strikes
so what are you gonna do cutch
just kind of shaking his head like hey i
know i'm on the other team here but i
kind of agree with that schwarber guy it
was kind of bad all night both sides
just like he said
what i don't get is why does every
single umpire have to call balls and
strikes like if you if the union is very
strong and protects angel hernandez and
he has to have a job as an umpire then
fine just make him the third base hump
he knows the rules and he barely gets
any action
you know the american league and the
national league now have the dh pitchers
don't hit not every ump should have to
do every position of humping because
angel hernandez
he ain't behind the plate up he can't
call balls and strikes
so just stop making him do it is what
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