MLB Around the League

[Steve-o]

Mets' JD Martinez breaks Cardinals' Willson Contreras' arm in freak accident on catcher's interference



The link has video of the play.  The catcher sticks his glove up and forward to receive the ball, but it is the path of the swing.  I'm kinda surprised this doesn't happen more often.

[Gunner55]

 Me too.

[dutchboy]

Blame it on the pocket protector crowd. They would kill their own grandma to get an extra strike call.

[Steve-o]

Former MLB umpire Angel Hernandez took financial settlement to retire: reports

Hernandez grew a reputation for being one of the most controversial umpires in baseball. He ranks 67th out of 85 umpires in correct call rate this year. Near the end of last year, he ranked dead last.

As replays have become more prevalent, and the automated strike zone has become more of a reality, Hernandez has been under a much larger microscope, and his bad calls have gone viral.

In a game last month, he made some of the worst calls in the history of pitch-tracking.

Several MLB players, including C.C. Sabathia, said Hernandez should not have had a job.

Hernandez joined the MLB ranks in 1991 as a National League umpire and has been in the majors since 2000.