The Verge

The ABS Challenge System is exposing the worst umpire in baseball

CB Bucknor is having a rough week. CB Bucknor is having a rough week. is the Verge’s weekend editor. He has over 18 years of experience, including 10 years as managing editor at Engadget. During ...
New York Post

CB Bucknor leaves game after getting hit by foul ball in nightmare week

MLB umpire CB Bucknor’s brutal week got even worse on Wednesday. Working as the home plate umpire, Bucknor — under intense scrutiny over bad calls — was struck in the facemask by a foul tip in the top ...
Total Pro Sports

CB Bucknor Missed The “Easiest Call Of All-Time” – It Was So Bad That Both Managers Were Laughing In His Face [VIDEO]

CB Bucknor has done it again. Being an umpire in the MLB is a tough job. Their performance gets more scrutiny than ever before, with the advent of the ABS challenge system this year. CB Bucknor is one ...
Newsweek

CB Bucknor Call Against Brewers’ Jake Bauers Draws Heavy Criticism

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The Milwaukee Brewers faced the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday evening with ...
Larry Brown Sports

CB Bucknor gets laughed at by Brewers, Rays after awful missed call at first base

CB Bucknor does not even need to be behind home plate these days to prove how incompetent he is. The veteran MLB umpire Bucknor went viral during Tuesday’s game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the ...
The New York Times

Umpire CB Bucknor leaves game after taking a foul ball off his facemask

Embattled umpire CB Bucknor suffered another setback when a foul tip struck him flush in the facemask. John Fisher / Getty Images CB Bucknor’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week worsened ...
The Big Lead

Ex-Yankees pitcher rips umpire: ‘something has to be done’ about CB Bucknor

Apr 29, 2024; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Umpire CB Bucknor (54) stands on the field during the first inning of the game between the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Yankees at Oriole Park at Camden ...
USA Today

ABS overturns 6 C.B. Bucknor calls in Red Sox vs. Reds game

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct a typo.Home plate umpire C.B. Bucknor didn’t have his best showing in a game that saw the Cincinnati Reds defeat the Boston Red Sox 6-5 after 11 ...
USA Today

CB Bucknor’s ump scorecard was predictably bad after ABS humiliation

When an umpire has as many calls challenged as CB Bucknor on Saturday, and loses as many of those challenges as Bucknor loss, you can deduce he probably didn't have the greatest game behind the plate.
New York Post

MLB ump CB Bucknor has 6 calls overturned during one game in embarrassing ABS moment

Umpire CB Bucknor hates to see MLB’s new Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS) coming. During the Red Sox’s 6-5, 11-inning loss to the Reds on Saturday in Cincinnati, Bucknor — who has been a member of a ...
The New York Times

CB Bucknor has 6 pitches overturned via ABS, including consecutive challenges by Eugenio Suárez

CB Bucknor has 26 years of service time as a major-league umpire. Jeffrey Dean / MLB Photos via Getty Images CINCINNATI — It was Ryan Watson’s big-league debut with the Boston Red Sox, but longtime ...