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MLB fans and teams are eagerly waiting for the end of the lockout so that free agency drama can resume. However, while they remained deprived of baseball craziness, a bizarre incident from the Mexican League came to their aid, entertaining and shocking everyone.

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During a game in the ongoing Mexican League, an umpire entered the field drunk. Although it was the Mexican umpire’s turn to be trolled, MLB fans drew similarities with an infamous umpire of their own.

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A drunk Mexican umpire makes inappropriate signs during a baseball game

In an absurd turn of events, a Mexican umpire entered the field drunk. To no surprise, both fellow umpires and the audience determined his condition after his odd behavior. While he was dragged out of the field, he went on to flip the fans, who certainly were not happy with his presence on the field.

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However, MLB fans had a different takeaway from the situation. Watching the fiasco in the Mexican league, fans started trolling the infamous MLB umpire, Angel Hernandez, on social media. One fan wrote, ”I’ll take drunk umpire over Angel Hernandez.”

Another fan attacked Angel for his past decisions, saying, ”Guarantee you he’d call a better game than Ángel Hernández.” 

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Notably, a former UVA baseball player thinks, Angel is worse than the drunk umpire, as he wrote, ”Wait till these dudes find out about Angel Hernandez.”

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While it is undeniably inappropriate for the umpire to arrive drunk the game, here is a look back at one of MLB’s crazy drunk celebrations amidst the lockout.

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Max Scherzer’s drunk celebration

Max Scherzer recently clinched a whopping $130 million for three years with the New York Mets. During the 2021 season, pitching star, Max had one insane celebration. The former Los Angeles Dodgers player went crazy when his team won the Wild Card game.

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Max celebrated the victory by running around the field shirtless, while also admitting he had one too many to drink. Appearing for a post-game interview, Max said, ”Can’t talk. I’m drunk, whatever.”

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Those were indeed some fun times for the baseball fans to watch; hopefully, the lockout will be over soon and fans can be treated to more of the same. Meanwhile, what are your thoughts on the drunk Mexican umpire?

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Shreya Verma is a US Sports Content Strategist at EssentiallySports, with a focus on Olympic sports and athlete storytelling, covering beats like tennis, gymnastics, basketball, track and field, wrestling, and more. A qualified National Level air pistol shooter, she brings the unique perspective of both an athlete and a journalist to her work. Over the past four years at EssentiallySports, she has covered some of the biggest sporting stages, from managing the Olympic Sports desk during the Winter Olympics 2022 to spearheading the Know more

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