Umpire CB Bucknor hates to see MLB’s new Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS) coming.
During the Red Sox’s 6-5, 11-inning loss to the Reds on Saturday in Cincinnati, Bucknor — who has been a member of a major-league umping crew since 1999 — had eight calls challenged, with six of them being overturned.
Two of the overturned calls came on back-to-back pitches, with Reds third baseman Eugenio Suarez successfully challenging consecutive strike-three calls in the sixth inning with Boston rookie Ryan Watson on the mound. CB Bucknor, a member of a major-league umpiring crew since 1999, had eight calls challenged and a whopping six overturned — including this sequence.The first pitch was an inside sinker at the knees, and the second being a low and away fastball barely off the plate.Lakers star will serve one-game suspension after picking up his 16th technical foul of the seasonTiger Woods couldn't be bothered to shut door of his Florida home after shocking arrest The Reds’ home crowd at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, Ohio, exploded at the two overturned calls. Boston shortstop Trevor Story exchanges words with umpire CB Bucknor, as first base coach José David Flores, and manager Alex Cora usher him to the dugout during the eighth inning of the Red Sox’s 6-5, 11-inning loss to the host Reds on March 28, 2026 at Great American Ball Park.“That’s probably the loudest I’ve heard a stadium while pitching,” Watson added. “So it was intense, for sure.” Bucknor reached the spotlight again in the eighth inning after he called out Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story on a check swing, but the team was unable to ask for a review. With the Red Sox down one and having a chance to break open the game, Story raged at Bucknor for the controversial call, having to be held back by Boston skipper Alex Cora and third base coach Jose Flores. Boston manager Alex Cora argues with home plate umpire CB Bucknor during the eighth inning before getting ejected in the Red Sox’s road loss to the Reds.“He has one job to do, it’s call balls and strikes,” Cora said after Boston’s loss. “It wasn’t his best day. That’s what the system does. It’s out there, everybody sees it, and he’ll be the first one to accept it. I saw him putting his head down after one of the challenges.The Red Sox would tie the game in the ninth inning with a solo homer from Wilyer Abreu, but ultimately lost on a walk-off single by Reds center fielder Dane Myers in the 11th.Former Tiger Woods employee blasts golf pro as 'terrible driver,' reveals why he likely refused urine sample after arrest Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Mike and Nick and Nick and Alice’ on Hulu, an Eyeball-Crossing Time Travel / Gangster / Rom-Com Led by Vince Vaughn
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