The awful umpiring of Ángel Hernández and why his lawsuit against his MLB bosses falls flat

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In the case of Hernández v. the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, longtime umpire Ángel Hernández alleges Major League Baseball discriminated against him because he is of Latino descent by declining to name him a crew chief and preventing him from working World Series games. Given the plum assignment of first base in Game 3 of the American League Division Series on Monday night, Hernandez proved one thing beyond a reasonable doubt: MLB is guilty of discriminating against getting calls right when it allows Ángel Hernández to umpire a playoff game. If MLB on Tuesday morning filed an exhibit with the Southern District of New York that consisted of three video clips showing Hernández’s blown calls in Game 3, it might have a dismissal by the afternoon.

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