Umpire's racial discrimination case against MLB denied for reinstatement

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Controversial MLB umpire Ángel Hernández lost the latest round of his racial discrimination lawsuit against the league. 

Hernandez was denied a request Tuesday to reinstate his case, which he initially filed in 2017. 

Hernandez, who hails from Cuba, claims he was discriminated against after not being assigned to the World Series since 2005 and being passed over for crew chief. 

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Umpire Ángel Hernández during a game between the Toronto Blue Jays and Minnesota Twins at Rogers Centre June 3, 2022, in Toronto. (Mark Blinch/Getty Images)

During his umpiring career, Hernández has been notorious for struggling with a consistent strike zone and many managers and players arguing balls and strikes. 

Hernández called out former Yankees manager and current MLB executive Joe Torre in his discrimination claims. However, a panel hearing oral arguments didn’t find sufficient evidence from Hernandez showing Torre had a bias against him. 

"Hernández has failed to show that the criteria Torre used in making crew chief promotion decisions caused the existing disparity between white and minority crew chiefs," the panel wrote after the arguments on June 8. "Hernández has made no showing that Torre harbors a bias against racial minorities."

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Hernández, who has been an MLB umpire since 1993, just returned to the field after dealing with a back injury that has kept him off the field for most of the 2023 season. Since his return, Hernández’s calls behind the plate have again been questioned. 

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