Angel Hernandez needed barely one week into the new MLB season to go full Angel Hernandez.
The infamous MLB umpire made another bad call during Thursday’s game between the Detroit Tigers and New York Mets. The game went into extras and in the 11th inning, Tigers first baseman Spencer Torkelson got hit on the hand by a pitch from Mets righty Michael Tonkin.
But Hernandez, who was the home-plate umpire, negated the HBP by ruling that Torkelson had swung his bat as he was plunked.
Take a look at the footage, which showed that Torkelson didn’t really come anywhere close to a swing.