Spring coaching might solely be a couple of days outdated, nevertheless it’s already offering some drama.
The rivalry between St. Louis Cardinals supervisor Oliver Marmol and umpire C.B. Bucknor continued on Saturday, because of some alleged immature conduct from the longtime MLB official.
Marmol instructed reporters that Bucknor snubbed him when he supplied to shake the umpire’s hand forward of the Cardinals’ 3-2 spring coaching loss to the Washington Nationals.
“He did not prolong his. He did not,” Marmol instructed Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Dispatch. “The factor is once I give it some thought, I went into that sport fairly sure of my ideas on him as an umpire. Weren’t superb. And it simply reveals his lack of sophistication as a person.”
The unhealthy blood between Marmol and Bucknor stems from an encounter throughout a Cardinals vs. Arizona Diamondbacks contest final August. Within the third inning, Bucknor ejected Marmol, who was arguing balls and strikes from the dugout. After being tossed from the sport, Marmol charged residence plate to share some relatively animated feedback with Bucknor. Following the sport, Marmol accused Bucknor of questioning his tenure within the league throughout their heated trade, all with a smirk on his face.
Spring coaching is lengthy, and the baseball common season is even longer, that means Marmol and Bucknor will undoubtedly cross paths once more all year long. We seemingly have not seen the final of this nasty feud.
