How ‘robo’ umpires are changing baseball

Major League Baseball saw a grand change in 2023 when it introduced a pitch clock, a change many say contributed to the ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Umpire CB Bucknor leaves Brewers-Rays game after taking foul ball to facemask

Home-plate umpire CB Bucknor was removed from the April 1 game at American Family Field in Milwaukee after taking a foul ball straight off the facemask in the second inning. Brewers starter Jacob ...
KVUE

Plate umpire Ron Kulpa leaves Marlins-Yankees game after taking foul ball off mask

NEW YORK(AP) — Plate umpire Ron Kulpa left Saturday’s game between the Miami Marlins and New York Yankees with two outs in the fourth inning after taking a foul ball off his mask. Kulpa was hit in the ...
USA Today

Umpire C.B. Bucknor hit by foul ball, forced to exit game

It hasn't been a good week for MLB umpire C.B. Bucknor. The subject of intense scrutiny for his calls that had to be reversed in games Saturday and Tuesday, Bucknor's assignment behind the plate for ...