‘A Horrendous Call!’ Announcers Absolutely Lose It After Notorious Ump Blows Obvious Call in Rays-Brewers Game
The Milwaukee Brewers' broadcast booth was completely gobsmacked by an umpire's blown call in Tuesday's game against the Tampa Bay Rays.
Screenshot The Milwaukee Brewers’ broadcast booth was completely gobsmacked by an umpire’s blown call during Tuesday’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays. In the bottom of the sixth inning, Brewers first baseman Jake Bauers hit a line drive straight to Rays second baseman Ben Williamson . Williamson was unable to catch the ball, so he rushed to pick it up and throw to first base for the out.
The errant throw sailed past first baseman Jonathan Aranda , and Bauers safely reached first with a single. Immediately after the play, there was a pause in the action. Then, one of the umps turned his mic on to announce that Bauers did not step on first base and that he was eventually tagged out by Aranda.
That called was relayed from first base umpire CB Bucknor . The replays that followed showed that Bauers clearly stepped on first base. Fortunately for the Brewers, they were able to challenge the call and it was promptly overturned.
CB Bucknor strikes again, this time saying the runner did not touch first base. He very clearly did pic. twitter.