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Don Denkinger, umpire whose stellar career was overshadowed by blown call, dead at 86
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDon Denkinger, a major league umpire for three decades whose blown call in the 1985 World Series...
MLB argues that blown calls cost Angel Hernandez World Series work in pointed rebuke of his work as...
Yahoo Sports via AOL· 2 years agoBaseball players and fans have long lamented that umpire Angel Hernandez is bad at his job. In a...
Blue Jays pitcher Chris Bassitt smashes tablet after blown call from umpire
Yahoo Sports Canada· 1 year agoThe Toronto Blue Jays lost a roller-coaster game to the Seattle Mariners on Sunday, and the tone for...
First base umpire Lew Williams has 3 calls overturned in Nationals-Phillies game
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoUpon further review, Williams went 0-for-3 on challenged calls in the first game of a doubleheader...
Ángel Hernández dealt legal setback one day after blown call in Royals-Mariners game
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 10 months agoMajor League Baseball umpire Ángel Hernández received some bad news Tuesday. ESPN reported a federal...
Baseball’s Most Notorious Umpire Is Back—and People Are Losing Their Minds
The Wall Street Journal· 2 months agoMLB Ángel Hernández has become one of baseball’s most talked-about figures over the past three...
Blue Jays hitting coach ejected before game starts for ripping umpire
Yahoo Sports Canada· 2 years agoToronto Blue Jays hitting coach Guillermo Martinez had a few things to say to umpire Doug Eddings...
Ángel Hernández is retiring: A look at his most memorably infamous umpiring calls
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 2 weeks agoMuch-maligned umpire Ángel Hernández is retiring from Major League Baseball, a high-ranking...
MLB won't adopt robot umpires to call balls and strikes by 2025, says Rob Manfred
Yahoo Sports via AOL· 2 weeks agoMajor League Baseball does not expect to implement an automated ball-strike system or "robot...
Ángel Hernández, MLB’s most infamous umpire, leaves us with an odd legacy
Yahoo Sports via AOL· 2 weeks agoBeing an MLB umpire is a thankless job, both emotionally taxing and physically strenuous. But...