Angel Hernandez and Chicago Cubs, 2001

August 7, 2001
The Cubs' chaotic evening started in the sixth. The Cubs thought they had tied the score 2-2 in the sixth when Ron Coomer slid home on a wild pitch. But home plate umpire Angel Hernandez ruled Coomer was out.

"I was safe," said Coomer. "[Pitcher Denny Neagle] tried to block the plate, and I pushed him away."

The crowd of 40,266 booed until former Bears defensive tackle and pro wrestler Steve "Mongo"McMichael grabbed the microphone in the seventh inning. "Don't worry about that call at the plate. Mongo will talk to the ump after the game," McMichael said before singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame."

The message incited the crowd and infuriated Hernandez, who ejected McMichael.
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