MLB's Worst Umpires

Welcome to another FREE BYTE. Sports have their fair shares of controversial figures from players to managers/head coaches to referees/umpires. To me, in football, basketball and hockey (three of the four major sports), the officials assigned to make sure that the game is played fairly, they TRY not to make the game about themselves. In baseball, however, there are umpires who will get a call wrong, and then there are a select few in which I will bring to your attention for totally making themselves apart of the game. The gentlemen I bring to your attention are Joe West, Angel Hernandez, CB Bucknor and Jim Joyce. Thanks to YouTube user WesleyAPEX, I bring video evidence of how bad these guys are at calling games, throwing players unnecessarily and moments where the call was so clear it can't be mistaken... unless you're one of these guys!

First, I bring you Jim Joyce and some of his worst moments.


YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!

Next up, I submit the worst moments of CB Bucknor


You talk about having an agenda... what was he thinking on some of these calls?

Now, I saved (in my humble opinion) the two worst for last. First, Angel Hernandez. You know the saying a picture is worth 1,000 words? How about what's in this video?



Angel Hernandez. What else can I say?

Now we come to my least favorite in this "elite" group, Joe West.


Now that takes the cake.

These guys are so bad, they make other umpires look as bad if not worse.

Like I said earlier in this post the game officials TRY not to make themselves apart of the game, but with these guys, you never can tell.

Just Saying... before I get ejected.