General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread

[Andy]

3 hours ago, Derwood said:

The system works!

Suarez successfully challenged two attempts in a row to ring him up. It was hilarious.

[Stratos]

CB Bucknor had a real bad day and his frustrations boiled over towards the end if the game:

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/cb-bucknor-umpire-abs-system-mlb-reds-red-sox/

CB's gonna have to make some adjustments or he's going to have a long season. 

[JHBulls]

 

MLB have brought in a system where they can’t hide behind their “Umpires get 92+% of all calls correct” stat anymore. Nice! 

Edited March 29 by JHBulls

[javy knows my name]

Lol what a little bitch.

It actually might have been his best day

[Rex Buckingham]

In his defense, the two calls were like 1 inch combined off the zone... and now I feel bad for defending CB. 

[Derwood]

40 minutes ago, Rex Buckingham said:

In his defense, the two calls were like 1 inch combined off the zone... and now I feel bad for defending CB. 

Just watch videos like this to get you back on track:

 

 

[Stratos]

On 3/29/2026 at 4:20 PM, JHBulls said:

 

MLB have brought in a system where they can’t hide behind their “Umpires get 92+% of all calls correct” stat anymore. Nice! 

With all the tech now the nice thing is I highly doubt someone as bad as CB would will ever make it to the MLB anymore.  Google says he's been up since 1996.

[JHBulls]

Yankees are 5-5 on ABS challenges inside the first 4 innings against the Mariners. 

[Stratos]

Got a business idea for MLB:   create an app where fans can call ball and strikes and out/safe calls in real time and at the end of the inning and game can compare accuracy to the real umpires 

Much worse idea:  get rid of umps and let fans watching at home make all the umpire calls on the app.  The call will be an average of all fan responses on the pitch/play.  Terrible idea because fans will be biased towards their own teams' players, but would be fun.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

6 minutes ago, JHBulls said:

Yankees are 5-5 on ABS challenges inside the first 4 innings against the Mariners. 

Mike Estabrook, get exposed

[Stratos]

6 minutes ago, JHBulls said:

Yankees are 5-5 on ABS challenges inside the first 4 innings against the Mariners. 

ABS is pretty good idea because it should get correct most of the aggregious calls.   If some calls an inch off still get called wrong I mean not a huge deal.  Guys still need to protect the plate on 2 strikes.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Should have forced his resignation a decade ago. This is a joke. Hes clearly not even looking at the play.

 

https://x.com/i/status/2039158471313018918

[Thurman Merman]

I was at the dbacks game tonight and sewald struck a dude out to end the game and all the lights started flashing and the board said dbacks win, but then the tigers  challenged the call so they had to turn all the lights back on, and the strike was confirmed and the celebration resumed. It was really funny.

[soccer10k]

2 hours ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Should have forced his resignation a decade ago. This is a joke. Hes clearly not even looking at the play.

 

https://x.com/i/status/2039158471313018918

LOL at ruling that the runner missed the bag on this.

[JHBulls]

3 hours ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Should have forced his resignation a decade ago. This is a joke. Hes clearly not even looking at the play.

 

https://x.com/i/status/2039158471313018918

He’s just wasting everyone’s time now. A total disgrace to Baseball. 
 

Everyone is laughing at CB, while he is just standing there with a smug look on his face like they are laughing with him. I would be so embarrassed and wish the ground would open up and swallow me. 
 

To think that “the runner missed the bag” wasn’t the biggest head scratcher. It’s the fact CB thought the runner was tagged out on a throw that airmailed the 1st baseman. Geez, just retirement already. 

Edited April 1 by JHBulls

[Sammy Sofa]

 

[mul21]

April Fools? Hopefully?

[Soul]

Bucknor is an embarrassment to the game.  I wish that was hyperbole.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Griffin gets 9/140 from Pittsburgh, daaaamn

[JHBulls]

4 hours ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Griffin gets 9/140 from Pittsburgh, daaaamn

19 years old.
Plus of course the $6.53 million he was played when he was drafted. 

[JHBulls]

Death, taxes and Andy Pages won’t be able to sustain this over an entire season. 

[Sammy Sofa]

 

[We Got The Whole 9]

Literally a careers worth of robberies for some people holy horsefeathers 

[Sammy Sofa]

 

[We Got The Whole 9]

Alcantara might throw back to back Madduxes