What’s in a strikezone, anyway? Clearly not C.B. Bucknor’s eyes.
Bucknor, the man that brought us the greatest worst call in umpiring history, put on a clinic of bad strikezone management tonight.
I try not to complain about strikezones, but this was so atrocious that the @IndiansUmp and @TwinsUmp Twitter accounts were probably catching on fire. And they didn’t even note every bad call.
For most people with functioning eyes, Bauer had tremendous control of the very outside edge of the plate, especially against righties. He was able to drop whipping fastballs at the bottom of the zone for strikes in this utopia where robot umps have taken over every aspect of our waking life.