Angel Hernandez (umpire)
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Angel Hernandez (born August 26, 1961 in Havana, Cuba) is an umpire in Major League Baseball who has worked in the National League from 1991 to 1999, and throughout both major leagues since 2000. He has umpired in the World Series in 2002 and 2005, as well as the 1999 All-Star Game. He has officiated in 4 League Championship Series – 2 in each league (2000, 2001, 2003, 2004), and in 4 National League Division Series (1997, 1998, 2002, 2005). Hernandez wears the uniform number 55.
Hernandez has been loved by many baseball fans, some of whom praise him of being a student of the game.[citation needed] He has been praised for having an incredibly consistent strike zone, favoring both pitchers and hitters. He will call one borderline pitch a strike and the next time that same exact pitch is called a strike again.[citation needed]
Hernandez once ejected a guest singer of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" at Wrigley Field. The ejectee was former Chicago Bears player Steve McMichael, who had taken a shot at Hernandez' umpiring after being introduced as the guest singer.
On July 17, 2006, Hernandez ejected Dodgers' first base coach Mariano Duncan while umpiring third base. When Duncan came out of the dugout to argue the ejection, he tossed his cap onto the ground in anger. Immediately after his peers brought Duncan back into the dugout, Hernandez picked up the cap and tossed it to a fan in the stands. The next day Duncan taped his cap onto his head right before delivering the Dodgers’ lineup to the umpires.
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