Portland came to Corvallis to take on the Beavers in one of the West Coast Conference's biggest games of the season. Both teams were atop the WCC standings with 2-0-1 records, but were unable to break the tie Wednesday night, with the Beavers and Pilots battling to a 1-1 draw.
The Los Angeles Angels completed a six-game season sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers with a 6-5 win on Wednesday night. It knocked the Dodgers out of first place in the National League West and gave the Angels a glimmer of hope in trying to snag a Wild Card spot.
Angel Hernandez's newest video is out! Angel lives and films heavily in Santa Barbara with deep roots with the Lighthouse Skate Shop crew. There is also a section filmed by Shane Marriott that features a bunch of Ceremony Skate Shop crew (San Luis Obispo stand up!).
Earlier this week, oft-criticized MLB umpire Angel Hernandez retired after three decades in Major League Baseball. The 62-year-old Hernandez umpired what was to be his last game on May 9 as the home-plate umpire in the Chicago White Sox’s 3-2 victory over the Cleveland Guardians at Guaranteed Rate Field.
One could call umpire Brian Walsh’s season-worst game on Wednesday night a case of unfortunate timing. Days after reviled ump Ángel Hernández announced his retirement from the MLB, Walsh called the single worst game so far this year.
Angel Hernandez recently announced his retirement. While it seems like Angel was considered a pretty good guy, he had become the poster boy for bad umpiring.
New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone doesn’t think that the derision Angel Hernandez has been getting of late is warranted. When Hernandez announced on Monday that he was retiring from umpiring in the big leagues, it seemingly had fans setting aside their differences.
Jake Mintz is joined by Russell Dorsey to talk about the historic integration of Negro League stats into the Major League record book. Later, Jake is joined by Bailey Freeman to discuss Angel Hernandez retiring & Craig Counsell’s return to Milwaukee.
America's favorite pastime has more memorable performances than any sport. As such, figuring out which pitchers had the best seasons ever is no easy task.
The much maligned umpire has announced his retirement Usually, when we report news on retirements, it’s about a long-tenured player, or a multi-World Series-winning team manager, but the absolute biggest news of the week was the announcement that umpire Angel Hernandez was planning to retire.
Major League Baseball fans were united on Monday night in celebration when word first surfaced that controversial umpire Angel Hernandez would be retiring from baseball.
Regardless of what team or players you root for in Major League Baseball, you have seen them have a run-in with umpire Angel Hernandez. Even the most casual of fans know the name as he has become infamous for some calls he has made on the field.
Most people don’t know the names of refs or umpires around a specific league, but every sport has some that all fans are aware of. Sometimes it’s because they are genuinely good at what they do, and other times it is because they are known for missed calls and people don’t want to see them involved with their favorite team.
The job of an MLB umpire is incredibly difficult. Trying to make a call in live action is challenging. Umpires are frequently argued with and booed even when they make the correct call.
The New York Yankees came away with an 8-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday, but it was not the normal win, as umpire Angel Hernandez was behind the plate and he made multiple questionable calls for both sides.
Although Angel Hernandez avoided his usual ball-strike criticism on Friday during a game between the Cardinals and Nationals, he still made himself a focal point.