The delay to replace the home plate umpire seemed excessive and most people I see on the internet thought it seemed like an excessive break as well. We've seen home plate umpires replaced before and it hasn't taken nearly that long.
I was 100% expecting Buck to ask him something about juiced vs. non-juiced baseballs. As it was, Buck stumbled over a bunch of words and created an awkward silence and then asked JV if he wanted to continue, and JV decided nah.
We've seen the crew switch out mid-inning in about 5 minutes during at least one Astros game this season after a HP ump took a hard hit to the mask. What the hell took 15+ minutes here is beyond me.