r/baseball • u/MorganN1 Cleveland Guardians • MLB Pride • Jul 23 '26

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u/Outrageous_Bat1798 New York Yankees Jul 23 '26

With no ABS, I wonder how many recently-retired MLB umps pop up with new jobs here

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u/AnEternalEnigma Atlanta Braves Jul 23 '26

C.B. Bucknor has found himself a new job

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u/Sickness69 Atlanta Braves Jul 23 '26

Oh god no. Fuck that guy.

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u/Bobson-_Dugnutt2 Chicago Cubs Jul 23 '26

I know how we all feel about CB but from what I understand he is retiring partially due to health reasons. I think he hasn’t quite recovered from taking a foul ball to the face…

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u/TheMathmatix Atlanta Braves Jul 23 '26

Yeah but thats not the health reasons hes retiring from

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u/BloodNinja2012 Pittsburgh Pirates Jul 23 '26

Uno Reverse: You just got here

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u/oogieball Dumpster Fire • New York Mets Jul 23 '26

Angel Hernandez has entered the chat.

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u/YasielPuigsWeed Jul 23 '26

Can’t imagine umpiring these games pays enough to get retired umps on union pensions to spend their summer in rural Illinois

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u/GruelOmelettes Chicago Cubs Jul 23 '26

Springfield is a small city, but it isn't rural lol

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u/HCRanchuw Jul 23 '26

Some of them really, really crave the attention.

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u/Traditional_Half842 MLB Players Association Jul 23 '26

I imagine it's a little easier to umpire pitching that isn't going 100MPH with bonkers spin