Editorial Seventh entry
New York / 08.15.2023 14:35:38
Cuban umpire Ángel Hernández lost his lawsuit again alleging racial discrimination against Major League Baseball (MLB) after a United States federal court refused to reopen his case on Tuesday.
The US Court of Appeals upheld a 2021 decision by the District Court to dismiss Hernandez’s case, giving Major League Baseball’s commissioner’s office summary judgment.
Hernández filed his lawsuit in 2017 arguing that, for reasons of discrimination, he had not been assigned to work on the World Series since 2005 and that he had been relegated as head of the foursome.
According to the document issued by the Court of Appeals, Hernández could not verify a significant inequality between the promotions of the white umpires of other judges. For its part, the Major League Baseball office provided evidence that the number of assignments between umpires of different races is not significant, numbers that are not reliable, according to Hernández, although he did not find a way to refute it either.
However, Hernández could still exhaust a last instance in his legal fight with Major League Baseball as he has the option of asking the entire New York-based Second Circuit to rehear the case or have it reviewed by the United States Supreme Court. .
In one of his most recent performances behind the plate on August 13, during the game between the Marlins vs. Yankees, Hernández made a mistake marking 15 strikes, remaining the umpire with the lowest rate of correct markings in terms of balls and strikes. according to Umpire Auditor.
Hernández has been controversial on the pitch on several occasions. During Game 3 of the American League Division Series between the Yankees and Red Sox alone, he had three plays reversed at first base after reviewing the actions with replay.
2023-08-16 08:39:35
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