Just watching the Yankee game and there was an interesting play with Jorge Posada losing his glove. Anyone see the Posada/Figgins tangle up? Should CB Buckner have called interference on Figgins since he was out of the batter's box?
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He certainly has a case for interference.
He certainly has a case for interference.
and the follow-up question is: How does CB Bucknor stay in the big leagues? (or any league for that matter)
Posada sure didn't look happy there, but there is nothing more to get after the third out is recorded on the catch.
It didn't look like CB Bucknor had any interest in calling anything even if he dropped it though. It would've been intresting to see what would have happened if he did.
if he was going to call anything, he should have called it on the contact. It would have killed the ball and the catch wouldn't have been necessary.
quote:Originally posted by trojan-skipper:
and the follow-up question is: How does CB Bucknor stay in the big leagues? (or any league for that matter)
Because MLB supervisors continue to rate him as one of the best 64 umpires in professional baseball.
Releasing, or firmly suggesting to a MLB umpire that he should retire has been done before to umpires who have performed poorly. So the mechanics and history are there to take corrective action when MLB decides it deserved.