Umpire Suspended for the Botched Call Nobody Cares About
No, not that botched call. It seems no matter how poorly Angel Hernandez umpires a game, he will forever go unpunished (unless the court of public opinion counts, which sentenced him to life without parole about 15 years ago).
On the other hand, according to MLB’s official Twitter, Fieldin Culbreth was fined and suspended two games for screwing up a rule in yesterday’s Angels-Astros game:
Umpire Fieldin Culbreth suspended 2 games, fined for misapplication of Official Baseball Rule 3.05(b) in Thursday’s @angels-@astros contest.
— MLB (@MLB) May 10, 2013
Culbreth–and his whole crew–definitely made the wrong call in that game, but it didn’t end up costing the Angels, who came back to win the game anyway. Hernandez, on the other hand, blew a home run call that would have tied the game in the ninth inning for the A’s in Cleveland earlier this week.
But, wait. He even blew the call again after consulting instant reply, deciding there wasn’t enough evidence to overturn the initial ruling. You can see that play here:
Not enough evidence, huh? Did Hernandez stop to think maybe that was enough evidence? That just maybe, he is one of the worst judges of “evidence” the world has ever seen? At least he had the gall to admit his mistake to reporters after the game. Oh, wait.
Man, that guy really sucks. Why is he still employed again?
– Jeremy Dorn (@Jamblinman)
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That’s not cool at all! Reminds me of that almost perfect game in Detroit.