Ump Hernández Appeals Tossed MLB Discrimination Suit

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Umpire Ángel Hernández is appealing a judge's decision to throw out his lawsuit claiming discrimination by Major League Baseball. 

Hernández filed an appeal this week that accuses the MLB of manipulating evaluations in such a way so as to prevent minority umpires from being promoted to crew chief. He had previously filed a lawsuit in 2017 that claimed his ethnicity — Hernández was born in Cuba — was a factor when the league decided not to appoint him to be a crew chief or to work in the World Series. 

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