Yankees commentator Michael Kay has had enough of Angel Hernandez behind home plate.
The embattled umpire stopped play during the top of the sixth inning to call a balk on Yankees lefty Wandy Peralta much to the dismay of Kay.
“Of course. Angel Hernandez is involved; he’s going to impact himself on the game,” Kay said, annoyed that the home plate umpire was making the call.
Typically, the first base umpire is the one to call a balk like this against a left-handed pitcher but Hernandez believed he had seen enough.
To be fair, it would appear that he got the call correct on Peralta.
That didn’t stop Kay’s frustration with Hernandez, which has become habitual for baseball fans over the past several years.
Plenty of fans were frustrated with Hernandez during the game over a few questionable strike calls.
Hernandez has a long-standing history of struggles with making mistakes, including being removed from the 2018 World Series for a pitiful performance in the Yankees-Red Sox ALDS Game 3 when he missed three simple calls.
To that point, Hernandez had claimed that the MLB was discriminating against him in a lawsuit for not giving him a World Series assignment.
The runner would come around to score on a Jake Meyers three-run home run, the difference in the Yankees’ 9-7 loss to the Astros.
The Bombers’ free fall continues as they are 3 1/2 games back of the last AL wild card.