Veteran Major League Baseball umpire C.B. Bucknor will retire at the end of the 2026 season, bringing to a close a ...

Bucknor, 63, is one of six MLB umpires who started in 1999 and will take a buyout at the end of the year. Jeffrey Dean / MLB Photos via Getty Images Seven of Major League Baseball’s 76 full-time ...

CB Bucknor and Laz Díaz are reportedly among seven umpires who plan to accept a buyout and retire after the 2026 season.

Baseball fans will only have three to four more months to gripe about longtime umpire C.B. Bucknor. Bucknor, 63, has accepted ...

One of Major League Baseball’s most controversial umpires will retire at the end of the 2026 season. CB Bucknor is one of ...

Major League Baseball's most unpopular umpire plans to retire at the end of the season. CB Bucknor has accepted a buyout offer from the league and is ...

Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora, left, argues with home plate umpire CB Bucknor before Cora is ejected during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds in Cincinnati, Saturday, ...

C.B. Bucknor is already catching more heat just days into the MLB season. The longtime umpire looked foolish yet again on Tuesday after he made a bad call during the Brewers’ 6-2 win over the Rays, ...

Fans might love it. Players might eventually learn to love it (if they do not already). But umpires are going to hate Major League Baseball's new ABS challenge system for balls and strikes. At least ...