Dodgers Announcers Not-So-Subtly Roasted Bad MLB Ump During First At-Bat of Game

Dodgers announcers were not impressed with C.B. Bucknor | @MLB

The Los Angeles Dodgers' struggles continued Wednesday night as they fell to the Los Angeles Angels, 6-5. The loss dropped the defending champs out of first place in the NL West and it completed a season sweep of the Dodgers by the Angels, who won all six games against their crosstown rivals this year.

Notoriously bad MLB umpire C.B. Bucknor worked behind home plate in the series finale and it didn't take long for the Dodgers announcers to roast him.

Shohei Ohtani led off the game for Los Angeles and was quickly the victim of two bad calls by the veteran umpire.

"Ball. Excuse me, strike one," Stephen Nelson said after a low pitch was called a strike.

"You're going to have to wait tonight. We've got a veteran umpire behind the plate who is a ... veteran umpire," Eric Karros said.

The next pitch was inside but called a strike by Bucknor, which led to this line from Nelson:

"Geeeeeeez, alright, 2-and-2."

"I mean it's ball four, right?," said a frustrated Karros.

"Yeah, it's a four-pitch leadoff walk," Nelson said.

Here's that moment:

C.B. Bucknor is the home plate umpire for tonight's Angels-Dodgers game.

"Ball... excuse me. Strike one."

"You're going to have to wait tonight..."

"Geeeez..."

"I mean, it's ball four, right?"

"Yeah. It's a four-pitch leadoff walk." ⚾️👮‍♂️🎙️ #MLB pic.twitter.com/n9lE2HkziL
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) August 14, 2025

Ohtani got the last laugh in that at-bat as he hit a triple and then later scored a run.

Bucknor ended the first inning by ringing up Alex Freeland on a pitch that was outside. That led to Nelson saying: "Ball four for the strikeout!"

"Ball four for the strikeout!" - Dodgers announcer Stephen Nelson as C.B. Bucknor caps off the top of the first inning with this call. ⚾️👮‍♂️🎙️ #MLB https://t.co/rqfHiDeIlO pic.twitter.com/L9Q3gH2OJk
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) August 14, 2025