VIDEO: Madison Bumgarner and Umpire CB Bucknor Get in Heated Exchange After Terrible Call vs Marlins
By Karl Rasmussen
Home plate umpire CB Bucknor rewarded the Marlins with a generous strike call, simply because he lost track of the baseball. Robert Dugger was showing bunt, but decided to pull back last minute, despite the pitch being in the strike zone. Well, he's lucky he did, because Bucknor lost track of the ball and rewarded him with a ball, much to the dismay of Giants manager Bruce Bochy and Madison Bumgarner.
Umpire CB Bucknor was unable to track the ball as the batter showed bunt. He called a ball on a pitch that was well inside the zone. Madison Bumgarner did not take it well. #Giants v #Marlins pic.twitter.com/IBBtPBV4qN
— Umpire Auditor (@UmpireAuditor) September 15, 2019
Bumgarner had some words for Bucknor, who did not back down from the southpaw. He shouted right back at the hurler, pointing his finger at MadBum in a fit of rage.
There were no ejections in the incident but tempers flared after yet another missed call from Bucknor.
Oh yeah. Bumgarner and CB Bucknor are having an animated discussion about the strike zone.
— Andrew Baggarly (@extrabaggs) September 15, 2019
Bumgarner is never going to shy away, especially not after a blatant missed call like that. We understand it can be difficult to track the ball on a pulled-back bunt, but Bucknor getting animated back at the hurler is certainly not a good look when he's the one who made a fairly glaring miss call.