Angel Hernandez and Devon White, 1998

April 12 1998
In Devon White's three years in the National League, one man consistently has gotten him out: umpire Angel Hernandez. White has been ejected from three NL games, all by Hernandez, who completed the hat trick after calling White out on strikes in the first inning last Friday night.

"Every time he's behind the plate, I'm not going to get a good pitch because he will call anything (a strike),'' White said. "This has been going on for three years.''

White, a 13-year veteran, said all of his run-ins with Hernandez have been as a result of called strikes.

"The first time, he went at me like he was going to kick my butt,'' White said. "I don't stand for that. It hasn't been a good relationship. I think he definitely has a vendetta. (NL president) Leonard Coleman should look at the situation. Three years in a row, the same two guys are going at it. Something's got to be wrong. They should find out what's going on.''
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