MLB官方打臉Angel Hernandez - 美國職棒

MLB argues umpire Angel Hernandez's 3 overturned calls in 2018 ALDS cost him
World Series spot

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古巴出生的Angel Hernandez從1993年成為MLB裁判. 他在2017年對MLB提出告訴說聯盟
官方對他有種族歧視,讓他從2005年後沒有在世界大賽中執法,而且不讓他擔任正式裁判
組組長(Hernandez曾多次擔任暫代組長的職位). 這個訴狀在2021年被地方法官直接判決
不成立,Angel向聯邦第二上訴法庭提出上訴.

在禮拜三,MLB官方對上訴法庭提出了長達58頁的答辯. 其中提到了原本Angel Hernandez
在2018年有機會出席世界大賽,但是他在美聯分區聯賽Yankees對上Red Sox的一場比賽中
出現了三個被逆轉的誤判把自己的機會搞丟了.

"Hernandez did not capitalize on that opportunity and did not rise to the
occasion," MLB wrote. "This was the first time since the advent of expanded
instant replay in 2014 that an umpire had three calls overturned in a
postseason game. Based on his performance during that Division Series playoff
game, Torre was not confident in Hernandez's ability to perform effectively
on an even more intense stage, and for this reason did not select him for the
World Series that season."

"Hernandez自己沒把握表現機會,這是2014年來第一次季後賽有一名裁判被改判三次. 基於
這個糟糕表現Joe Torre沒有信心Hernandez能夠在壓力更大的情況下有效執法"

MLB also cited Hernandez's failure to reverse a call that the Oakland
Athletics' Adam Rosales had doubled and failed to clear the wall with what
would have been a tying home run in the ninth inning at Cleveland on May 8,
2013.

"For years, Hernandez has refused to admit that the call he made was
incorrect and instead has attempted to blame the quality of the replay
equipment," MLB said. "Hernandez's inability to put the Cleveland incident
behind him -- and his continued insistence that others were at fault for his
wrong decision -- was emblematic of why Torre considered him to be unsuitable
for World Series assignments and a permanent crew chief role. The issue was
not the bad call itself, but Hernandez's reaction to his mistake."

聯盟同時指出Hernandez在2013年比賽中對全壘打變成二壘安打的誤判在看了重播後還是
無法改正的前科 "Hernandez不但無法擺脫改判失敗的陰影,而且怪罪他人或是機器不好.
種種因素讓Torre認為他無法勝任世界大賽裁判的任務"

MLB wrote Wednesday that "Hernandez has been quick to eject managers, which
enflames on-field tensions, rather than issue warnings that potentially could
defuse those situations. Hernandez also has failed to communicate with other
umpires on his crew, which has resulted in confusion on the field and
unnecessary game delays."

"Hernandez喜歡驅逐總教練而不是給口頭警告,造成場上衝突升級. 而且他不跟其他裁判組
員溝通造成場上混亂跟比賽延遲."

MLB also claimed Torre observed Hernandez throwing his headset after a video
review overturned one of his calls in 2014 and misapplied a substitution
rule, leading to a 14-minute delay and a protest during a game between Boston
and the Tampa Bay Rays on July 24, 2019.

"During that investigation, MLB concluded that Hernandez intentionally and
deceptively eavesdropped on a confidential conversation with another umpire
on his crew in order to hear what that umpire would say concerning the
incident; and when MLB asked Hernandez about it, he lied about his conduct,"
MLB wrote.

聯盟也表示Joe Torre曾眼見Hernandez在自己判決被改判後摔無線電耳機. 並且在2019年
一場比賽中搞錯換人的規則造成場上14分鐘的延遲. "在我們的調查中發現Hernandez試著
偷聽別的裁判的對話想知道他們對自己的誤判有什麼表示. 當聯盟詢問他的時候他騙說
沒有這樣做."

同時聯盟也提出Hernandez曾經在2012年Homer Bailey投出無安打比賽後擅用職權要求
Bailey幫他簽11個簽名球.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHt9uiCvijQ 單場三誤判

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr8cUoCErHI 2013年全壘打看重播還誤判

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