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After yet another blown call by Angel Hernandez, Kyle Schwarber went off on the umpire with an incredible rant, earning himself an ejection.

Schwarber got his money’s worth there, from the bat and helmet toss to the incredible heated gesticulating, resulting in an immediate ejection. With Schwarber up to bat on a 3-2 count, one of the newest members of this year’s Phillies squad was looking to do some damage or get on base to start a rally. Neither of those things happened because Hernandez made yet another terrible call at the plate.

There's very little you can do to earn an immediate – and I mean *IMMEDIATE* – ejection from a game, but Kyle Schwarber managed the feat tonight.

But apparently it was a cumulative thing throughout the game, as it, eh hem, sometimes is with Angel Hernandez. Potential tying run with one outs in the bottom of the 9th, that’s a big walk right there that got taken off the board. Schwarber was right to be pissed.

Kyle Schwarber was ejected for arguing with home-plate umpire Angel Hernandez after striking out looking in the 6th and again in the 9th.

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Kyle Schwarber threw a tantrum against Angel Hernandez that was 8 2/3 innings in the making.

But perhaps it will cause MLB to think long and hard about who it wants behind in the plate, particularly in games that will have a lot of eyes on them. That isn't, however, an excuse for having no sense of the plate for the duration of a game. Being an umpire is undeniably difficult-- trying to call pitches that cross the plate in the blink of an eye while also battling a catcher who is actively trying to fool you.

Angel Hernandez was doing Angel Hernandez things after ringing up All-Star catcher Omar Narvaez on a very high fastball on Sunday night.

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Often the focal point of criticism for his outrageous and absolutely controversial calls, Angel Hernandez is getting attention once again.

Well, it looks like he’s totally botching some calls as the Brewers and Phillies play in a nationally televised game. These calls are bad. That’s far from being an ideal sort of situation as MLB struggles to find new ways to expand its audience.

Umpire Angel Hernandez was booed by many fans in attendance at Citizens Bank Park ahead of the series finale between the Brewers and Phillies.

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Kyle Schwarber might be counting down the days to the strike zone being enforced electronically if Sunday was any indication. Milwaukee Brewers closer Josh.

As early as the fifth inning, ESPN's announcers were asking Bryce Harper in an on-field interview if strike zones as wide as Hernandez's was on Sunday forces you to change your approach. "ESPN's announcers had no grievance with Schwarber's tantrum, saying Schwarber was 'speaking for both sides' on the broadcast. The third strike call ended the game, and teammate Javier Baez had to hold Schwarber back to prevent the situation from escalating even more. He is one of Major League Baseball's umpires who many fans know by name because of his questionable calls in the past. It just got to me to where I was going to stick up for some other guys." Milwaukee Brewers closer Josh Hader struck the Philadelphia Phillies slugger out looking on the penultimate out of Milwaukee's 1-0 victory.

Philadelphia Phillies star Kyle Schwarber was heated at infamous umpire Angel Hernandez for a called strike three, getting himself ejected.

Kyle Schwarber and the Philadelphia Phillies got another taste of the Hernandez experience in their match against the Milwaukee Brewers. However, as Kyle Schwarber was walking to first base, Angel Hernandez called it a strike, angering the batter and getting ejected in the process. Angel Hernandez is one of the most infamous referees in the MLB… for all the wrong reasons.

Kyle Schwarber was ejected for arguing with home-plate umpire Angel Hernandez after striking out looking in the 6th and again in the 9th.

"Everyone was asking me, 'What's Kyle from Waltham?'" Schwarber said. Days later, the Phillies added free agent and former Cincinnati Reds outfielder Nick Castellanos. He also struck out looking in the bottom of the 6th.

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It could have." "It could have. He called a total of seven strikes against Milwaukee hitters that were out of the zone. It isn't. That's why I'm kind of for the automated strike zone. I'm pro-umpire," he said. I wouldn't," he said. "That's way inside," Girardi said of the first pitch to Segura. "It makes it really hard. It's tough." "And it's on both sides. "It's got to be better than that, right, it just does," manager Joe Girardi said moments after the last out. The Phillies ended up losing, 1-0, on a run in the top of the ninth. Throughout the night, Hernandez drew the ire of both teams for his faulty strike zone.

A Phillies fan waited after the game and confronted Angel Hernandez as he drove ...

No one is imagining things here, the numbers say Hernandez was brutal. He had one of the worst umpiring performances of the season on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball as the Brewers beat the Phillies 1-0. Everyone was ticked off and letting Hernandez know about it, even Phillies fans.

Angel Hernandez was behind the plate Sunday night for a Phillies-Brewers matchup and blew call after call.

Schwarber returned once more to remind Hernandez of what a terrible job he was doing before leaving the game. “I don’t like you.” Hernandez simply responded with a smile as he drove away. “Angel Hernandez you stink,” he yelled.

Oft-criticized umpire Angel Hernandez was having a bad night calling balls and strikes on Sunday night, and after getting rung up on another bad call, ...

(Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports) According to umpire tracking, Hernandez missed 19 calls on the night, the lowest-rated umpired of the day. Kyle Schwarber just couldn't take it anymore. He came back out to tell Hernandez again how bad he was with Phillies manager Joe Girardi also pleading his case over the erratic strike zone. Schwarber took a 3-2 sinker from Brewers closer Josh Hader that he thought was off the outside corner. After the strikeout, he went on an animated rant trying to explain how bad the Hernandez strike zone was.

After a night of terrible umpiring by Angel Hernandez, Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber exploded against the home plate umpire and got ejected.

On the other hand, nothing but respect for Schwarber for finally fighting back. It shows how truly bad Hernandez is at his job (which most people already knew) and that he no longer deserves to do it. Except, the pitch was clearly out of the strike zone.

Media members, current and former MLB players, and fans react to Kyle Schwarber losing his cool at umpire Angel Hernandez in dramatic Phillies game.

After all these years, most players have accepted that they won’t get a fair at-bat when Hernandez is behind the dish. And Hernandez is a repeat offender, often trending. Though it was only minutes before the game ended, Hernandez ejected him.

The Philadelphia Phillies' Kyle Schwarber was ejected after erupting in an explosive display of frustration with home plate umpire Ángel Hernández.

Schwarber got his money’s worth there, from the bat and helmet toss to the incredible heated gesticulating, resulting in an immediate ejection. With Schwarber up to bat on a 3-2 count, one of the newest members of this year’s Phillies squad was looking to do some damage or get on base to start a rally. Neither of those things happened because Hernández made yet another terrible call at the plate.

Kyle Schwarber erupted on umpire Angel Hernandez on Sunday night in a Phillies loss to the Brewers but MLB made the right call about a punishment.

Regardless, it’s good that Schwarber won’t serve any suspension for his reaction. He’s a laughingstock and punchline among baseball fans because he’s so unbelievably bad at his job. Thankfully, MLB sided with reason in not handing down any punishment of that nature.

The Phillies left fielder lost his cool and unloaded on the much-maligned umpire and was tossed from the game. The Philadelphia MLB player offered his ...

You saw on both sides that it was a harder game to score.” But when you have things that are getting called off the plate with really good pitching on their side, it can be harder to score. I’m pro-umpire,” Schwarber told MLB.com. “I don’t want the electronic strike zone. It just wasn’t very good.” With one out, Phillies left fielder Kyle Schwarber was called out on strikes on a 3-2 pitch. Hernández tossed Schwarber immediately, as one would expect.

Home plate umpire Angel Hernandez was under fire by both teams all night.

- Schwarber then gives us the show we deserve, theatrically pointing out that Hernandez has missed pitches ... on THIS side of the plate ... and THIS side of the plate ... and ABOVE the zone ... and BOTH TEAMS AGREE. Seriously, that has the be the best part of the ejection. It was quite the effort. The only let down was Phillies manager Joe Girardi being so subdued. Hernandez held up his end of the bargain here by immediately tossing Schwarber. He slams down his bat and helmet, but seemed careful to make sure they didn't go in the direction of Hernandez at all. Call this more of a prediction than a declaration, in that case, because we doubt there will be a more fun ejection of a Major League Baseball player.

MLB fans saw the real Angel Hernandez on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball, and oh man, it wasn't pretty. Just a few days after the much-maligned umpire put ...

Sunday should have been a wake-up call for MLB and the umpiring union, but they’ve tolerated Hernandez’s embarrassing career for this long. While it’s an incredibly difficult job to call balls and strikes for MLB pitching, Hernandez is among the worst in the sport. And the Phillies outfielder was spot on.

Veteran Major League Baseball umpire Angel Hernandez. BALTIMORE, MD - AUGUST 02: Third base umpire Angel Hernandez #55 looks on in the first inning of the ...

Facing a 3-2 count in the bottom of the ninth in a one-run game, Kyle Schwarber watched a pitch sail by for what appeared to be ball four. Schwarber lost it, throwing his bat and helmet to the ground while he screamed at the veteran umpire. You wish that, I don’t know how to really say it, it just wasn’t very good.” Hernandez was involved in yet another fiasco behind home plate over the weekend. He was tossed, as a result. One was very costly for Philadelphia.

Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber lost his temper on home plate umpire Angel Hernandez after a questionable strike three call in the ninth inning of ...

He called Lauer’s first pitch to Jean Segura with the bases loaded in the fifth inning — seen below — a strike despite pitches in that location being called balls virtually 100 percent of the time. And he called two other pitches strikes that are called balls 90 percent of the time He has called 122 more strikes than you would expect based on the location of pitches, which has led to 21 fewer earned runs than expected after adjusting for the counts in which those pitches occurred. According to baseball’s data, pitches in that location are called balls 59 percent of the time. The game also wasn’t an aberration. Schwarber also had two strikes called during a strikeout in the sixth — a 1-1 slider and a 1-2 fastball from Brewers left-hander Eric Lauer — in locations that are called balls around 60 percent of the time.

The Angels pitcher managed to joke about the umpire's awful night behind the plate.

He wasn’t exactly ready to join the chorus of fans calling for Hernandez’s dismissal, though. He called 11 strikes that were true balls. He called strikes above the zone, below the zone, outside and 6.5 inches inside.

On Sunday, the Phillies outfielder unleashed a league's worth of frustration on umpire Angel Hernandez. Facing a full count in the bottom of the ninth inning of ...

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Former Chicago Cubs star Kyle Schwarber reacts to umpire Angel Hernandez' strike zone in Phillies loss to Brewers.

It could have." "It could have. He called a total of seven strikes against Milwaukee hitters that were out of the zone. It isn't. That's why I'm kind of for the automated strike zone. I'm pro-umpire," he said. I wouldn't," he said. "That's way inside," Girardi said of the first pitch to Segura. "It makes it really hard. It's tough." "And it's on both sides. "It's got to be better than that, right, it just does," manager Joe Girardi said moments after the last out. The Phillies ended up losing, 1-0, on a run in the top of the ninth. Throughout the night, Hernandez drew the ire of both teams for his faulty strike zone.

Everybody's favorite umpire had himself a game for the ages on Sunday Night Baseball. The umpire in question—Ángel Hernández—has long been derided by fans ...

Stationed behind home plate for a nationally-televised game between the Brewers and Phillies on Sunday, Hernández was in rare form. Check out the best reactions from social media below. The Twitter account @UmpScorecards uses pitch-by-pitch data from MLB to evaluate how accurately and consistently umpires call balls and strikes.

Last week, we brought you the absolutely shocking baseball news that infamous umpire Angel Hernandez actually got a call correct.

Milwaukee Brewers game on Sunday Night Baseball, was the lowest-rated umpire of the day. Per the Umpire Auditor, a Twitter account with over 60,000 followers that keeps track of every bad call on a given day in baseball, Hernandez, who was behind the plate for the Philadelphia Philles vs. Last week, we brought you the absolutely shocking baseball news that infamous umpire Angel Hernandez actually got a call correct.

If you thought that the Philadelphia Phillies — and for that matter, the Milwaukee Brewers — were exaggerating the effect that Ángel Hernández had on Sunday ...

Segura would ultimately pop out, part of an inning where the Phillies wasted a bases-loaded, one-out opportunity. Notably, the most impactful missed call listed is when Kyle Schwarber had a pitch outside the strike zone called as strike three in the bottom of the ninth inning. Before making his way back to the dugout, Schwarber was ejected after slamming both his bat and helmet on the ground and screaming at Hernández: