Embattled MLB umpire CB Bucknor leaves game after taking foul ball to mask day after controversial call

It has been a unsmooth 24 hours for C.B. Bucknor.

On Tuesday night, the longtime Major League Baseball umpire made an egregious telephone when, without looking, helium ruled a runner did not interaction archetypal basal and called him retired — yet Jake Bauers' cleat deed smack-dab successful the mediate of the bag.

After going viral connected societal media, Bucknor, 63, took an adjacent harder occupation connected Wednesday by going down the plate, which successful the ABS epoch has enactment umpires nether the biggest microscope they've ever been under.

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Umpire C.B. Bucknor is injured successful the 2nd inning connected a foul shot and leaves during the crippled betwixt the Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays astatine American Family Field connected April 1, 2026, successful Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  (John Fisher/Getty Images)

Well, Bucknor's time ended aboriginal aft a 100.2 mph transportation was foul tipped and deed him straight successful his facemask.

Flamethrower Jacob Misiorowski was connected the bump for the Milwaukee Brewers facing Nick Fortes of the Tampa Bay Rays erstwhile Fortes fouled the transportation off. Both Fortes and Brewers catcher William Contreras instantly knew the severity of the situation.

Brewers grooming unit came onto the tract to thin to a shaken up Bucknor, who near soon after.

Umpire C.B. Bucknor is assisted by aesculapian unit aft taking a foul transportation to the facemask during the archetypal inning of the Tampa Bay Rays and Milwaukee Brewers crippled successful the archetypal inning astatine American Family Field. (Michael McLoone/Imagn Images)

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The crippled was delayed respective minutes arsenic the umpiring unit needed idiosyncratic caller down the sheet — the remainder of the crippled went with 3 umps.

Milwaukee scored six runs successful the eighth inning to instrumentality an 8-2 triumph for their 5th triumph successful their archetypal six games of the season.

Bucknor has been an umpire since 1996, moving the 2005 and 2021 All-Star Game arsenic good arsenic 5 American League Division Series. He is 1 of the 2 longest-tenured umpires successful the majors and has been connected the tract for 2 no-hitters.

Umpire CB Bucknor is assisted by aesculapian unit aft taking a foul transportation to the facemask during the archetypal inning of the Tampa Bay Rays and Milwaukee Brewers crippled successful the archetypal inning astatine American Family Field.  (Michael McLoone/Imagn Images)

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Bucknor has antecedently near astatine slightest 2 games, including 1 successful 2013 wherever helium took different foul extremity to the mask.

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