03/01/2021 It only took four batters into spring training for umpire Angel Hernandez to make a questionable call on balls and strikes. In what served as a perfect “baseball is officially back!” moment on Sunday (spring training opening day), Hernandez decided a first-inning pitch from St. Louis Cardinals ace Jack Flaherty was not a strike. The call was met with sounds of disagreement from fans, the Cardinals’ dugout, and the St. Louis announcing booth. Cardinals play-by-play announcer Dan McLaughlin of Fox Sports Midwest said, “Angel Hernandez is in midseason form.” St. Louis color commentator Jim Edmonds followed up with, “Let’s not make this game too fast, Angel.”