Laz Díaz is one of the umpires in Major League Baseball that fans know all too well. That isn’t a good thing for an umpire because if you’re good at your job, you should go virtually unnoticed for your entire career.
That can’t be said for Díaz, who is right up there with Ángel Hernandez for being the worst ump in professional baseball.
Last week Díaz was part of a viral moment when Yankees manager Aaron Boone mocked him during an argument that led to Boone’s ejection.
Then over the weekend Díaz missed an embarrassing 15 calls while working behind home plate in a Dodgers-Royals game.
Díaz kept his bad streak going Monday night in San Diego when he missed an obvious call at first base that was quickly corrected by an official review.
Watch this:
Your average 3-6-1 double play! pic.twitter.com/KHCxGEpWh1
— MLB (@MLB) August 15, 2023
Not great!
MLB Fans ripped him:
In a sport with atrocious umpiring Laz Diaz is king of garbage umpires.
— TORO (@TOREADOR444) August 15, 2023
Besides Angel, Laz Díaz might be the worst umpire now that Joe West is gone
— Ryan O’Hearn Supremacy (@Os_Supremacy) August 15, 2023
LAZ DIAZ U ARE SO BAD😂😂😂 #Padres v #Orioles
— Toast With Glasses (@MathewCharters) August 15, 2023
Laz Diaz missed a call? pic.twitter.com/BbQ78NzC9F
— Crescents and Charms (@newbie1412) August 15, 2023
Laz Diaz misses a call. I can't believe it. #Orioles #MLB
— Nathan Sampson (@nsampson20) August 15, 2023
Its Laz Diaz
— Matt Rennick (@M_Rennick) August 15, 2023
You’ll never believe this but Laz Diaz just had a call overturned by replay. (And it was a great DP by Padres.) Wait until tomorrow, though, and all his ball-strike calls that can’t be reviewed.
— Jay Posner (@JayPosnerSD) August 15, 2023
