{"id":656781,"date":"2026-04-01T14:41:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/656781\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T14:41:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:41:46","slug":"mlb-umpire-cb-bucknor-ridiculed-for-bad-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/656781\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB umpire CB Bucknor ridiculed for bad call"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">MLB umpire CB Bucknor drew scrutiny and laughter on Tuesday night when he made a bizarre call while manning the first base line during a game between the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/mlb\/milwaukee-brewers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Milwaukee Brewers<\/a> and Tampa Bay Rays.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The oddity took place in the bottom of the sixth inning with Brewers batter Jake Bauers at the plate going up against Rays pitcher Cole Sulser. Bauers hit a liner to Rays second baseman Ben Williamson, who knocked the ball down, but his rushed throw to first base was wide.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/mlb-umpire-cb-bucknor-040126-1.jpg\" alt=\"CB Bucknor watches the game\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Umpire CB Bucknor #54 during the game between the Milwaukee Brewers vs Tampa Bay Rays at American Family Field on March 30, 2026, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (John Fisher\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>It was a remarkably routine play by baseball\u2019s standards. But Bucknor ruled that Bauers didn\u2019t touch first base and when he was tagged, he was out. The replay showed that Bauers clearly touched the first base bag with Bucknor only a few feet away from the play.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/mlb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">call was instantly overturned<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/twins-manager-ejected-after-exploding-over-timing-abs-challenge-vs-orioles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TWINS MANAGER EJECTED AFTER EXPLODING OVER TIMING OF ABS CHALLENGE VS ORIOLES<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/mlb-brewers-jake-bauers-040126-1.jpg\" alt=\"Jake Bauers after a home run\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Milwaukee Brewers&#8217; Jake Bauers is congratulated in the dugout after hitting a solo home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Tuesday, March 31, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo\/Aaron Gash)<\/p>\n<p>Bauers was seen smiling as he went back to first base, as was Brewers manager Pat Murphy. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/mlb\/tampa-bay-rays\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Rays manager Kevin Cash<\/a> also couldn\u2019t help but smirk at the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Former New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain also weighed in.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is so bad you just have to laugh!!\u00a0 Something has to be done,&#8221; he wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>Milwaukee ended up winning the game, 6-2. Bauers was 2-for-4 with an RBI. He hit a home run off Yoendrys Gomez in the eighth inning to extend the lead.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/mlb-brewers-gary-sanchez-040126-1.jpg\" alt=\"Gary Sanchez hits a home run\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Milwaukee Brewers&#8217; Gary S\u00e1nchez hits a solo home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Tuesday, March 31, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo\/Aaron Gash)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/gary-sanchez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Gary Sanchez<\/a> also had a home run in the game.<\/p>\n<p>Milwaukee improved to 4-1 with the victory. Tampa Bay fell to 2-3.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSports_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u00a0sports coverage on X<\/a> and subscribe to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Gaydos is a senior editor for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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