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Umpire CB Bucknor is having a rough season, and his game on Sunday crystalized his struggles. The Umpire Auditor X account had Bucknor marked down for 15 missed calls while behind the plate calling balls and strikes during the Colorado Rockies’ …
Saturday’s matchup between the Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Cardinals was set for an epic finish right up until nature interfered. The White Sox led the Cardinals 6-5 with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning at …
St. Louis Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol reignited a feud with umpire CB Bucknor on Saturday after the first spring training game of the season. Marmol had a memorable confrontation with Bucknor while arguing balls and strikes during a game last …
Umpire CB Bucknor is not a popular guy around Major League Baseball, and Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon is the latest to publicly criticize him. The Cubs did not like Bucknor’s strike zone in a 5-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday. …
Washington Nationals third baseman Anthony Rendon was ejected from Tuesday night’s loss to the Milwaukee Brewers for arguing a called third strike, and he found a unique way of continuing to state his case after the game was over. Rendon was …
The hits just keep on coming for umpire CB Bucknor. Bucknor was working home plate during the Tampa Bay Rays-Houston Astros game on Saturday and got loudly cursed out by Rays first baseman Logan Morrison in the sixth inning for a questionable high …
CB Bucknor saw his own brutal call from Tuesday and decided to one-up himself on Wednesday. The umpire was at third base for Wednesday’s Washington Nationals-Atlanta Braves game and nearly robbed Bryce Harper of a hit by calling this an out in …
Umpire CB Bucknor faced some backlash on Tuesday night after making a horrendous call to give the Atlanta Braves a second chance against the Washington Nationals. Chase d’Arnaud was up for the Braves with the bases loaded and two outs in the …
Sometimes that CB Bucknor just gets a little overeager while serving as a homeplate umpire. Thursday was one of those days. During the top of the ninth inning in the Minnesota Twins-Chicago White Sox game, Bucknor punched out Joe Mauer on a breaking …
Umpire C.B. Bucknor was a little too eager to punch out Oakland A’s left fielder Seth Smith on Thursday. Smith was facing New York Yankees reliever Adam Warren during the bottom of the 11th inning and had a 2-1 count. Warren threw a change that …
