Voting Results: Bucknor (16.2%), Mike Estabrook (7.9%), Angel Hernandez (7.3%).
CB Bucknor is the Umpire Ejection Fantasy League's 2020 most improved umpire of the year.
During the 2020 postseason, Bucknor officiated his first Division Series since 2013, earning a Game 2 Plate assignment during the Rays-Yankes American League Division Series. He also officiated the 2020 Wild Card round.
During the season, Bucknor occasionally served as acting crew chief in the absence of regular season chief Jeff Nelson, and earned praise from voters for that role.
Wrote baseballfollower, "CB is long the punching bag of announcers, fans and casual viewers. Not this year. Happy for him and he was EXCELLENT filling in as a CC."
After his ALDS plate job, USA Today published an article criticizing Bucknor's strike zone in which the article itself fared poorly against fact checking with four of seven claims refuted by evidence: It may very well be that as strike zone technology becomes more accessible, we may be in similar positions to run the numbers and fact check media critiques, vindicating long-maligned umpires like Bucknor.
Related Post: Booby Bumbaca - USA Today Criticizes Bucknor While Simultaneously Showing Graphics Exonerating Him (10/7/20).
Dale Scott wrote a guest op-ed article similarly coming to Bucknor's defense.
Related Post: Dale Scott Guest Op-Ed - Of Umpire Labeling, CB & Angel (10/8/20).
UEFL Awards History, CB Bucknor
Most Improved Umpire of the Year: 2013, 2014
Worst Umpire of the Year: 2017
CB Bucknor now has 5 points in the UEFL Standings (4 Previous + 1 Award = 5).
CB Bucknor now has 5 points in the UEFL Standings (4 Previous + 1 Award = 5).
The next postseason award to be announced will be Triple-Digit Rookie Umpire of the Year.
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