Kyle Schwarber's Excellent, Meme-worthy Ejection Becomes Toast Of Baseball Twitter

While baseball may not always be the most exciting sport, every once in a while something a little extracurricular happens that reminds fans why it's America's pastime. Such a moment happened last night when Phillies outfielder Kyle Schwarber got ejected against the Milwaukee Brewers with a masterful tirade against home plate umpire Angel Hernandez.

Kyle Schwarber is the voice of America pic.twitter.com/vAy0GQTB0I

— Welcome to the Ump Show (@umpjob) April 25, 2022

Schwarber's ejection was swift and spectacular. After getting called out on strikes on a 3-2 count in the bottom of the ninth with his team down 1-0, Schwarber slammed his helmet to the ground and unloaded on Angel Hernandez, saying his piece forcefully before heading to the showers. Schwarber's frustration was building through the course of the night, as he clearly makes the point that Hernandez's strike zone had screwed hitters on both teams throughout the night. Clips from the game show Hernandez calling strikes on pitches that were frankly not even close to the strike zone.

Angel Hernandez stays seated at the throne of the worst to ever do it. pic.twitter.com/TPI22ghYrF

— Jared Carrabis (@Jared_Carrabis) April 24, 2022

Angel Hernandez in elite form tonight pic.twitter.com/VuTicAGPVF

— Welcome to the Ump Show (@umpjob) April 25, 2022

Angel Hernandez bringing his A Game tonight for Sunday Night Baseball@Starting9 pic.twitter.com/SrET7mS4gi

— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) April 24, 2022

The post-game analysis confirmed that Hernandez turned in the worst job by a home plate umpire in all the games played yesterday, accurately calling a mere 85 percent of balls and strikes.

Umpire Angel Hernandez was the lowest rated umpire on the day, missing 19 calls for a correct percentage of 85.3%.

He rang up 6 batters on pitches that were outside the zone and called a strike to Jean Segura that missed inside by a season high 6.47 inches.#Brewers #Phillies pic.twitter.com/pmmt1ELJJ6

— Umpire Auditor (@UmpireAuditor) April 25, 2022

All of this led to Schwarber exploding in a crucial situation when he was called out on strikes on a pitch that should have been ball four, making him the tying run for his team. While getting thrown out for arguing as a team's star player is generally frowned upon, baseball fans agreed that Schwarber was entirely justified in his tantrum.

Good for Kyle Schwarber standing up to Angel Hernandez for both teams

“All f***ing night! The whole night! On both sides, f***ing horses**t!” pic.twitter.com/6yS40lMaFM

— Tony Clements (@TonyCMKE) April 25, 2022

Ángel Hernández has missed over 2,600 balls and strikes calls in the last seven years and oh how I wish I was kidding. https://t.co/vyF86ULGTQ

— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) April 25, 2022

I love what Schwarber just did. Angel Hernandez is a complete and total disgrace to his profession and makes the game of baseball markedly worse everyday he has a job #SundayNightBaseball

— Shaunypat in the Hat (@shaunypat) April 25, 2022

Kyle Schwarber, like all of us, has had enough of Angel Hernandez's bull shit.

This is a 10/10 ejection. Schwarber definitely got his moneys worth. Replay this for eternity. pic.twitter.com/atnFkjujwF

— Always the Jake (@alwaysthejake) April 25, 2022

Some even took to crafting memes of the situation.

Leaked audio from the incident between Kyle Schwarber and Angel Hernandez pic.twitter.com/MS2d3YfmCz

— Kyle // Northern (@Northern96_) April 25, 2022

Angel Hernandez, the worst to ever do it pic.twitter.com/KNbvlsbBAY

— KFC (@KFCBarstool) April 25, 2022

For his part, Hernandez seems aware of just how much he ticked off Philadelphia last night. While he was driving away from the stadium, a fan ran up to his car and shouted "Angel Hernandez, you stink and I don't like you!" Hernandez responded with a massive trollface of a grin.

Angel Hernandez is being applauded tonight for his performance by the Philly Faithful @BarstoolPhilly pic.twitter.com/7FUybLp3FU

— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) April 25, 2022