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Originally Posted by DMBCardinal
CB Buckner is laughably bad. He called strikes on balls a foot outside of the strike zone for both teams all night. I don't understand how umpires can keep their job when they are so awful.
Also, the Cubs can't win on the road for some reason. Kind of depressing.
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and if I had to take a ballpark guess, I think he's been at this for a good 25 years. We need to borrow some sort of "term limits" concept to professional umpiring. I mean especially when you've got a job that's directly centered around being as focused and precise as you possibly can be with quick reflexes and attention, c'mon you reach a certain age where you can only possibly decline in your ability to do that.
shit and I just remembered, when they'd do the annual (or maybe once every couple years) anonymous player poll about umpires, going back for like at least a full decade ago now Buckner was routinely within the 1-3 spots. In this case where the larger number is what you'd want.