THE BASEBALL WORLD JUST FEELS RIGHT TODAY

 It was a long time coming. Angel Hernandez is finally retiring.  

I have to be honest, I have never seen a worse umpire in my whole life and it's not only that... he was arrogant about it. He was just terrible and then acted like he was right so often. The worst. When the announcers are concerned about your calls, you really need to wonder what he was doing there all those years.  Anyway, ESPN's Jeff Passan writes:

"Hernández is retiring effective immediately, ending a controversial three-decade-long career that in recent years turned Hernández into a source of consternation with players and a punching bag among fans on social media.

The 62-year-old Hernández, who in a statement confirmed earlier reports he would be retiring, reached a settlement to leave Major League Baseball, according to a source, and will leave after umpiring thousands of games since his debut in 1991...

What’s an Angel Hernandez moment you’ll always remember pic.twitter.com/ktRP8meIdm

— Barstool Baseball (@StoolBaseball) May 28, 2024

Hernandez is well-liked among umpires, who have borne the brunt of more criticism in recent years and rallied around him as a person. His on-field work, however, left enough to be desired that Hernández became a constant trending topic on social media platforms and among the most maligned figures in the game."

Could this be the last Angel Hernandez blunder? Don’t let the door hit you on the way out pic.twitter.com/Bb5FuBtGZJ

— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) May 28, 2024

Look, if you are bad at your job, there's no way being liked by your peers should ever save you from staying in the job.  I am sure Angel was a nice guy, but his job was to umpire, and he was awful at it and for that alone, he should have been let go.

Look, I'm glad this is happening now. It's time.  The baseball world just feels right today knowing he's not there.  Now look, there is no question there are other umpires that have been bad this season, but at least this lightens the load so to speak.

Angel Hernandez... retiring... thank the lord.