C.B. Bucknor Was Brilliant Last Night

by Freneau on Jul 19, 2011 8:09 AM EDT

Where would we be without the human element in our grand old game? Hats off to C.B. Bucknor for a tremendous job Monday night. When it's Royals-Sox in July, there's no one else I want calling the game. Other than Joe West.

State of the art, for 1880.

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Ceci n'est pas une strike

I am probably the only Royals fan in Hong Kong?

by Yamfun Cheng Kamfun on Jul 19, 2011 8:57 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs

He is no Angel Hernandez

Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com

by RoyalsRetro on Jul 19, 2011 10:23 AM EDT reply actions

this guy stinks

the same pitch at the same exact location was a ball sometimes, and a strike sometimes. he was terrible.

by BeauJackson on Jul 19, 2011 11:13 AM EDT reply actions

I Saw These

Kinds of calls repeatedly. The pitch fx feature on mlb.tv showed ridiculous inconsistency in his calls.

I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.

by philofthenorth on Jul 19, 2011 11:34 AM EDT reply actions

he is just mixing it up

keeping it interesting

"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell

by buddyball on Jul 19, 2011 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

That's just awful

It’s an embarrassment to umpiring and to baseball to let C.B. continue calling games.

Tension is the enemy. - Charlie Lau

by aHorseWithNoName on Jul 19, 2011 12:41 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Talk about a profession with no accountability....

Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com

by RoyalsRetro on Jul 19, 2011 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions

1880 was an interesting year

with Edison and the Curies doing interesting things, among others.

Not sure what the reference was intended to imply, except that Old is Bad and New is Better. What it has to do with C.B. Bucknor, our esteemed contemporary, I have no idea.

by 2X2L on Jul 19, 2011 12:47 PM EDT reply actions

we have technology to get these guys out of the picture entirely

by Freneau on Jul 19, 2011 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Of course a human calling balls and strikes

was also state of the art for 1990 — or, for that matter, 2000. It may have been possible to put the technology in place earlier, but the state of the art is of course what was actually practiced and not what was possible.

Anyway I agree with your underlying point. I’d like to see a strike called a strike and a ball called a ball. If we find we miss the human element, we can have some guy in a black suit provide a dramatic reading but not actually make the decision.

by 2X2L on Jul 19, 2011 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions

We have technology that could replace them.

But is in no way exact.

by hawkinscm87 on Jul 19, 2011 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Maybe Bucknor's Whole

Career is some sort of bizarre performance art, kind of like Andy Kaufman or Willie Bloomquist.

I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.

by philofthenorth on Jul 19, 2011 1:38 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs

Meaning that he will be dreadful as an ump, repeatedly make bad calls . . .

then do an awesome Elvis impression and we’ll all love him.

by kansasjohn on Jul 19, 2011 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions

no, he will be dreadful as an ump, repeatedly make bad calls...

and expect to be paid for it

"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell

by buddyball on Jul 19, 2011 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions

how about he ends up wraslin' women

(like Andy Kaufman)

by kansasjohn on Jul 19, 2011 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions

And Bobsledding, Too

I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.

by philofthenorth on Jul 19, 2011 6:21 PM EDT up reply actions

He does seem to have pudding brains already.

Nick Swisher is handsome.

by ChrisCEIT on Jul 19, 2011 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Or Dasslin' Women

In bobsleds. Then the sad denouement.

I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.

by philofthenorth on Jul 19, 2011 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions

He was a scab from 1999.

I am going to write a bit more on this later, but in the strike of 1999 MLB brought in a bunch of umpires to replace ones released during the strike. CB was one. They couldn’t admit that these ~~shitty~~ umpires were shitty and have had to keep them around until all the law suits were done with the umpires they let go. Now MLB is stuck with these POS until they get probably 20 years in the league.

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by Jeff Zimmerman on Jul 19, 2011 6:34 PM EDT reply actions