After greater than 30 seasons calling Main League video games, umpire Angel Hernandez has retired.
MLB issued a press release to media from Hernandez Monday evening, confirming his retirement:
“Beginning with my first Main League recreation in 1991, I’ve had the excellent expertise of residing out my childhood dream of umpiring within the Main Leagues,” Hernandez stated within the assertion. “There may be nothing higher than working at a occupation that you simply take pleasure in. I treasured the camaraderie of my colleagues and the friendships I’ve made alongside the best way, together with our locker room attendants in all the varied cities.
“I’ve determined that I need to spend extra time with my household.
“Evidently, there have been many optimistic modifications within the recreation of baseball since I first entered the occupation. This contains the enlargement and promotion of minorities. I’m proud that I used to be capable of be an lively participant in that aim whereas being a Main League umpire.”
Hernandez known as his first recreation as a call-up umpire in 1991 earlier than becoming a member of the Main League employees in 1993. He labored three All-Star Video games (1999, 2009 and 2017), 12 Division Collection, eight Championship Collection and two World Collection (2002 and 2005). Earlier than reaching the Main Leagues, Hernandez umpired within the Florida State League, Carolina League, Southern League, American Affiliation and Inter-Alliance in Venezuela.
A local of Havana, Cuba, Hernandez presently resides in Florida. He was one in every of two MLB umpires assigned to the 2016 exhibition recreation between the Rays and the Cuban Nationwide Workforce in Havana. Hernandez and Laz Diaz labored alongside 4 Cuban umpires to name the sport.