C.B. Bucknor has wasted no time establishing himself as the No. 1 villain of the ABS era. If not in all of baseball, at least in Boston. On Saturday, Bucknor made a number of bad calls and eight of them were challenged. Unfortunately for the Red Sox, who fell to the Reds 6-5 on Saturday, they challenged two calls that were upheld early in the game which left them powerless as Bucknor continued to blow calls throughout the game.
Meanwhile, the home team was much more judicious with their challenges and successfully had a total of five strike calls changed to balls in the sixth and seventh innings. It was an unprecedented ABS heater for Cincinnati, highlighted by Bucknor trying to punch out Eugenio Suárez on two consecutive pitches that were challenged.
