Let me begin this by saying: This is a missed Angel Hernandez call that I kind of understand when it comes to where he was positioned and where the ball landed.
But because it’s Angel Hernandez and MLB fans love to roast his bad calls, whether they’re at first base or with balls and strikes or other plays (and to be fair, sometimes he has good nights!), his name was trending on Twitter Friday night.
Here’s the situation: The Texas Rangers were up on the Minnesota Twins 6-5, and Byron Buxton hit a ball down the third-base line, which Josh Smith struggled to field, but Hernandez called it a foul ball, which isn’t reviewable.
It hit the chalk, though. Fair ball!
On replay, you can see that he was probably screened by Smith. But still, he got roasted for another missed call:
