Red Sox/Yankees

[Dave Hensley]

Originally posted by johnSandlin
First off, allow me to clear a typo error on my part. According to SI's article Hernandez was ranked among the top umpires, not among the worst like I accidently typed.

No, you were right the first time. The players ranked him 5th worst umpire in SI's survey this year.

The five best:

Tim McClelland 22.0%
Jim Joyce 9.2%
Ed Rapuano 8.9%
John Hirschbeck 8.0%
Ted Barrett 4.8%
Mark Hirschbeck 4.5%

The five worst:

C.B. Bucknor 20.7%
Bruce Froemming 16.1%
Joe Brinkman 8.0%
Joe West 7.0%
Phil Cuzzi 4.7%
Angel Hernandez 4.7%

Here's a link to the whole survey:

Sports Illustrated's 2003 Player Survey

I have heard that Angel gets good Questec ratings, which if true might explain his playoff assignments the last couple of years. I thought his first plate in the series was fine, but I have to agree with most others who thought he was overly tight and inconsistent last night. Also, the foul tip call was a gross error that is still hard to believe.