Do you think the MLB has a racism problem?

Monday, Cuban-born 24-year veteran umpire Angel Hernandez filed a suit alleging racial discrimination against the Office of the Commissioner, in part because Hernandez alleges that Joe Torre held a personal grudge over him for almost two decades, dating back to when Hernandez called a balk on Andy Pettite.

After the 2001 game, Torre told the media that Hernandez “just wanted to be noticed over there,” a sentiment that has been echoed in his evaluations since 2001 when Torre joined as Chief Baseball Officer.

However, Hernandez’s suit also centers around charges of racial discrimination in MLB’s promotion and postseason assignment policies which, I mean, yeah, who’d be surprised? Hernandez has never umpired a World Series despite high internal ratings, and his four applications to become a crew chief were denied in favor of “less experienced, generally white umpires.” The problem is that if for years Hernandez was passed up on for opportunities like a crew chief title or a World Series gig despite his relatively good internal evaluations, then MLB’s ingrained racism is probably to blame.

Or he might care that since 2000, each of the 23 umpires promoted to crew chief has been white.

West worked his first full-time season in MLB in 1978 (please retire, Joe) and was given the title of crew chief in 2003.

Hernandez has been in the league as long as West was when he was given the promotion.