I haven’t talked to Angel Hernandez about this, because Major League Baseball treats its umpires as if they were in Witness Protection following anything remotely news-making. But I think I can say with 100 percent certainty that if Angel Hernandez did clear his throat and say something for the record, it would look something like this:
“I don’t like making terrible calls on a baseball field.”
Pressed further — theoretically, of course — I am, again, 100 percent certain that Hernandez might add something along the lines of this: “I don’t like it when the replay crew in Chelsea has to correct the terrible calls I make on a baseball field.